The following chart shows the most important enhancements and additions found in version 4.0 compared to version 3.5
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DHTML Menu Builder Version
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3.5
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4.0
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Toolbars
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Can create one toolbar per project
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· Can create multiple toolbars
· Added support to insert toolbars in cells
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Code Compression
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Can compress the code
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· Greatly improved code compression
· Can also compress the loader code
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Compilation Speed
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Slightly faster than previous versions
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Up to 3 times faster than version 3.5
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Browser compatibility
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Compatible with all major browsers
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Added preliminary support for
· KDE's Konqueror 3.0
· Apple's Safari 1.0
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Templates
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Does not support any type of templates
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· Support for Presets allow the creation of menu projects from a template
· Can select from any template a set of styles and apply them to any existing project
· Support for creating new Presets
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Map Mode
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Limited Map Mode is available
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The new Map Mode allows you to work with your project from within DHTML Menu Builder and see the real structure of your menus even when working with projects with multiple toolbars.
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Smart Context Menus
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Limited
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Version 4.0 will automatically adjust the context menus when a menu item is right clicked to provide the most common list of actions making the menu development a lot faster and easier.
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Support for Frames
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Full support for frames
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Minor improvements have been made to the frames support to make the implementation much easier:
· The new Install Menus feature provides a one click step to implement the menus on a web site with frames support
· The new Target Frame button provides a much easier method to define target frames
· The frame structure detection has been enhanced to properly support web site using combinations of frames with iframes
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Support for Bookmarks
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Bookmarks have to be manually defined
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The new bookmark button allows the declaration of bookmarks to be much simpler
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Install and Remove menus from the web site
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Supported through the use of the Install/Remove Loader Code dialogs
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Version 4.0 provides a single tool, known as "Install Menus" to install, remove and update the code required by the documents on a web site to load the menus.
This new tool also offers a one-click solution to, with the "Auto" button, to implement a menu project into a complete web site with just one mouse click!
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Advanced visualization effects
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Not available
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This new version introduces the new "Advanced Unfolding Effects" engine which allows the creation of complex effects to display the menus by taking advantage of the Microsoft's transition and filters feature
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Support to create tree-like menus
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Not available
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The improved Export As HTML feature allows the creation of tree-like (also known as collapsible lists) menus.
This tool can also be used to create a plain-text version of the menus for indexing purposes.
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Support for submenus
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Supports submenus
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As well as all the other versions of DHTML Menu Builder, version 4.0 also supports unlimited number of submenus, but in this new version a submenu can be created with a single mouse click by selecting the "Add SubGroup" button on the main toolbar
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Support for DBCS versions of Windows
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Limited; has problems with images
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Version 4.0 offers 100% support for version of Windows that are based on Double Byte Character Code languages such as Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc...
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Alignment options
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Supports the most common alignment options
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Adds support for centered alignments:
· Center/Left
· Center/Top
· Center/Right
· Center/Bottom
These new alignments can be applied to both groups and submenus
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Support for rollover effects created with 3rd party applications
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Supports rollover effects created with Dreamweaver 4
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Support rollover effects created with any version of Dreamweaver, FireWorks and ImageReady
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Custom delays
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Most delays can't be set from the user interface
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All delays can now be controlled from the user interface and adds support to control the delay to show submenus
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Menus over form elements
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Offers limited support by hiding the form elements
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Under Internet Explorer 5 and above for Windows the menus will always be displayed above form elements without the need of hiding them
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CSS caching capabilities
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Not available
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The code for the menus created with version 4.0 is able to cache most of the style changes in all the menu items to provide a much faster and responsiveness menus even when using highly complex effects
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User Interface
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In version 3.5 the user interface was considerably enhanced making the application more flexible and easier to use
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In version 4.0 the interface has been slightly enhanced in some areas to fix some glitches and inconsistencies found in version 3.5
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Menus responsiveness
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Among the best when compared to similar programs
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In version 4.0 the menus are the fastest when compared to similar programs creating similar projects
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Documentation
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Covered almost every aspect of the program's features
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Covers every single feature and function.
Also, the documentation has been carefully revised and corrected from typos and grammatical inconsistencies.
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Sample menus
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Included a couple of projects
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Although not included with the setup, there's a new section of the web site with dozen of royalty free samples that can be downloaded.
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