Website Feedback - - Popout Menu Problem

Jakaleena · #1 08-31-2002, 10:49 PM

I was reading through CJ's thread about problems with the scroll bar, and thought I would mention that my popout menu keeps disappearing too...

Jakaleena · #2 08-31-2002, 10:53 PM

I just noticed a pattern for when it's disappearing. Individual threads have a menu, but main pages don't seem to.

For example, if I want to get the last 24 hour posts, I have to activate a thread and get the menu from there.

Anyone else having menu problems? Or is my browser having a brain f*rt...?

Doug Nelson · #3 08-31-2002, 11:02 PM

Things get weirderer and weirderer. There should be no difference, since it's exactly the same routines loaded for every page.

Let me stew on this awhile while you get some Gas/X for your brain

chiquitita · #4 09-01-2002, 02:48 AM

I just had the same problem. I clicked forums from the front page menu, and on the forums page I had no menu. I clicked back and did it again and it worked that time.. Weird.

By the way,

Win XP
IE 6.0.26

Nothing at all has changed on my computer since I visited last.

CJ Swartz · #5 09-01-2002, 04:23 AM

Jak -- Yikes! Losing the Menu bar is worse than partially losing the scroll bar (since I can access it in Full Screen mode). Does the F11 key make any difference to your situation -- while Doug is exploring the final fix?

fugitive · #6 09-01-2002, 05:01 AM

Yes, I have it too, but since it has other problems that go unfixed, I figured it fruitless to keep bringing it up.

chiquitita · #7 09-01-2002, 05:42 AM

It seems to be random (sort of). It happened again just now exactly the same way, I clicked back and did it again and it worked. Tis strange.

Will try F11 if it happens again.

Jakaleena · #8 09-01-2002, 06:08 AM

I tried F11 CJ, but going to Full Screen mode doesn't make the menu come back if it disappears.

Fugitive - I thought the problem you had with the menu was not that you didn't have one, but that you didn't like it and wanted it to go away. Maybe I've misunderstood your problem?

Seems kind of hard to navigate now that mine has disappeared... I like the popout menu. I want it back...

Doug Nelson · #9 09-01-2002, 01:55 PM

Jak:

What version of IE are you using? So far, all the people that have mentioned a browser version have mentioned using a 5.x version.

I'd really appreciate it if some 5.x version user that was experiencing problems would upgrade to the current version of IE and let me know if they still have problems.

dcarr · #10 09-01-2002, 02:01 PM

Doug,
I've had ie6 all along. Yesterday I had a disappearing menu bar but it came back. At one point, the menu choices highlighted in red but that also stopped. I have had no consistent problem and none that I noticed today, but I was on more yesterday. Mine seem to be just glitches, not real problems like the others, but were there for a period.
Debbie

fugitive · #11 09-01-2002, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jakaleena
I tried F11 CJ, but going to Full Screen mode doesn't make the menu come back if it disappears.

Fugitive - I thought the problem you had with the menu was not that you didn't have one, but that you didn't like it and wanted it to go away. Maybe I've misunderstood your problem?

Seems kind of hard to navigate now that mine has disappeared... I like the popout menu. I want it back...

I have 2 problems with it. 1) it jumps out at me and actually prevents me from clicking on a forum or name, because it runs into my cursor, which stops it from being able to pick something.
2) the problem just mentioned, that doesn't bug me that much, that it is gone from many windows.
greg

Doug Nelson · #12 09-01-2002, 02:09 PM

Debbie: Intermittent problems, especially yesterday, are most likely caused by my fiddling with the installation while the board is still live. I'm more concerned with consistent, repeatable, current problems.

Greg: Can I get a screenshot of how the forum appears on your monitor? There should be more than enough distance between the navbar and the forum itself to prevent any accidental popping out. Are you left-handed by any chance?

Blacknight · #13 09-01-2002, 02:23 PM

Same computer and everything for me, but NO popout menu at all. Haven't tried EVERYPLACE, but none here, and none on search for new posts page either.

chiquitita · #14 09-01-2002, 03:04 PM

I know these are the worst type of problems to try and fix, but this appears to be very random. I have the problem with no pop-out when I visit the forums page for the first time in, say, several hours. Just now I tried closing my browser to see if the problem repeated upon first opening the browser, but it didn't. This time I had a pop-out on the main page, and on the forums page, but when I clicked on "last 24 hours", that page was missing one. Once again, if I click back and try again, it works. Very random. Sounds like a corrupt file somewhere.

Jakaleena · #15 09-01-2002, 03:09 PM

chiquitita has described exactly what mine is doing too...

(BTW, I'm on WinNT with IE6)