Sent by Miriam Frost on 31 January 2003 16:04
I went on and on about this:
>>( here is the test page: http://www.hellonheels.net/hoh-index.html
>>and here is the css: http://www.hellonheels.net/pages/hoh.css )
>>but this is where it gets wierd: rollovers "flash" as empty space in
>>Mozilla, a (very annoying) split second of nothing inbetween hover and
>>non-hover states. This doesn't happen in Netscape 7, Opera 7, or IE6 (PC).
Big John wrote:
> Hi Miriam!
Hi back, Big John!
and both he and Stefan suggested that it was a loading issue...
John:
> >So naturally, when you do hover, it takes a moment to aquire
> >the files. Try clearing your cache, and watch for 'loading
> >when hovering. Once Moz has 'educated' the page, it works fine.
> Precashing your images with CSS usually fixes this.
Stefan:
> Ie you make sure to load the images that should appear on :hover on
> initial download, eg at the end of the page, and use CSS to hide them
> (using positioning, diplay, visibiliy or whatever you prefer).
I've heard that suggested before and would be suprised if that's the case as
it still flashes each and every time I roll over the link - not just on the
first mouseover. I'll try precaching the images and will report back.
Another issue: the a#foo background image does not display at all in Safari.
Has anyone else dealt with this issue yet?
Thanks again for suggestions and assists!
yay, Friday,
Miriam