Putting the last finishing touches on the javascript for the files. Last week I finished the "creeping" menu (stalker menu ... whatever you want to call it). Today I completed a modification to the show/hide script. Previously it wasn't obvious that something was appearing below the clicked area so we wanted some kind of visual indication.
I came up with a nifty one where the text actually grew out of nothingness. It wasn't a particularly difficult trick since I just modified the font size from
.1em to 1em. Though I thought it looked nice it was a little too flashy for everyone else. I'd have to agree, particularly for how often the affect would be used.
The method we ended up choosing is definitely less flashy. FM suggested and we adopted a left-side border that fades in and out. It's not the prettiest method, but I think it works well enough.
I'm sure we'll get a few comments on it. I've already thought of another method if our chosen one is ultimately given the kibosh ... having the text fade in. It would probably also be a bit much, but I think it's a good start as another option. We'll see what happens.
