I am new to developing websites, and I know enough to be dangerous, but I do have an impression that may be unfounded. I would like somebody else's opinion. I have used the DHTML Menu Designer, and I am now exploring the CSS Menu Designer. My initial presumption was that the CSS designer would be a major improvement over the DHTML designer because CC discontinued the DHTML designer, and decided to include the CSS designer with the Editor. Now that I have used both tools, I have concluded that the DHTML designer is much easier to use. Here are at least three examples of how, in my opinion, the DHTML designer outperforms the CSS designer:
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1. It was extremely easy to center an horizontal menu with the DHTML designer, while after 3 days, I still have not come to a satisfactory solution using the CSS designer.
2. It was extremely easy to have different widths of the root menu items and submenu items using the DHTML designer; however, I have not yet been able to accomplish this using the CSS designer.
3. The DHTML designer had distinctive arrows that appeared in the root menu item boxes that indicated there were submenu items.
I have discovered these differences after three days. I was able to achieve the results I wanted in a matter of minutes using the DHTML designer, but after three days, I have not been able to do the same with the CSS designer. The CSS designer does not appear to have an option for centering an horizontal menu. It also does not appear to have an option for different widths of root and submenu items. I don't see any way of indicating visually that a menu item has a submenu.
I am sure that the three issues mentioned above can be solved with CSS but how? Am I missing something simple and obvious? I'm thinking of going back to the DHTML designer for the reasons mentioned above, but being a neophyte, I don't want to make a poor decision for the wrong reasons.
I welcome your opinions regarding the merits of CSS vs. DHTML.
Thanks, in advance, for your consel and advice,
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