[CharredPC]

I'm building a website that primarily targets Blackberry users, to be used OTA (on the devices). After creating the site, I realized drop down menus would be the best choice for navigation. However, I don't want to use java since it's slower, heavier, and some people have it disabled. So I implemented a simple CSS menu, and it works great- on everything but a BlackBerry. The native browser simply cannot do any form of CSS drop-down. Thanks, RIM!

Now I'm back to square one. Anyone had experience with this? Any suggestions?

[jacob.tabak]

This is technically the wrong forum to post this question, but it doesn't bother me.

I know some blackberries don't load remote CSS files by default, so you can avoid some problems by writing the css inline (in a style block). If that doesn't work, I would check for the user agent of the browser (using PHP or another language) and if it's a blackberry browser, serve a dumbed down version of the menu.

[CharredPC]

Originally Posted by jacob.tabak

This is technically the wrong forum to post this question, but it doesn't bother me.

I know some blackberries don't load remote CSS files by default, so you can avoid some problems by writing the css inline (in a style block). If that doesn't work, I would check for the user agent of the browser (using PHP or another language) and if it's a blackberry browser, serve a dumbed down version of the menu.

The external CSS file is getting loaded fine (using it for various other things). I can't make the drop down menu any simpler... the browser just doesn't support it. And since this is essentially the only browser I'm writing this for, I guess I'm stuck. Sorry about posting in the wrong area, it seemed the best match. Guess I missed the correct one. Feel free to move this, mods!

[jacob.tabak]

Just make it not a drop down for blackberry, make it a regular menu. We always make custom layouts for blackberries.

[CharredPC]

Originally Posted by jacob.tabak

Just make it not a drop down for blackberry, make it a regular menu. We always make custom layouts for blackberries.

I get what you mean, but that's kind of my problem, and why I asked the question. I was looking for a solution so that I could have drop down menus for the BlackBerry. And since this is pretty much a BlackBerry only website, I don't care much how it looks on any other platform (okay, yes, I do check it out in OSX Safari / Firefox / Win7 IE etc, but that's just the perfectionist in me). Drop downs can be very, very useful when designing a horizontal menu for a screen only 480 pixels max wide