Re: Rethinking My Use of Modal Windows....

In article <slrng1oc5v.i35.spamspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Ben C <spamspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On 2008-05-03, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article <slrng1o9ke.i35.spamspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >  Ben C <spamspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2008-05-03, Jeff <jeff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> > Prisoner at War wrote:
> >> >> On May 2, 4:31 pm, Ben C <spams...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Easily done.
> >> >> 
> >> >> I found this code at
http://colorado-springs.pm.org/balloonHint.html
> >> >> but the site doesn't seem to provide a working example!
> >> >
> >> > That's just a regular popup window.
> >> >> 
> >> >>> Don't use a real modal window, instead use a "Web 2.0 popup".
> >> >
> >> >    Perhaps Ben will write a simple example for you, I'm too sleepy
at 
> >> > the moment to dig mine out.
> >> 
> >> Here you are:
> >> 
> >>     http://www.tidraso.co.uk/misc/bubble/
> >
> > Brilliant in Mac FF and Opera but not right in Safari 2, iCab. The 
> > bubbles are very partially shown, the left bits, in the latter two.
> 
....
> Actually one could do bubbles sized in ems using IMG rather than
> background-image...
>
I was thinking this last. Perhaps, given the tricky nature of this task 
and cost-benefit, just pics of text to go in pics of bubbles. And make 
big enough for most people?

-- 
dorayme