Help Me Test the Big Kick Page

In my ballet class, we practice an exhilarating movement called grand battement. It's a big kick, literally and figuratively. This movement inspired me to create a new DHTML page with animation effects achieved through the combination of JavaScript functions with absolute positioning, a feature of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

The Big Kick Page looks great in my browser (IE 5.5), but browser support for CSS is inconsistent. My new page may not look right to you or other visitors. I've read many online articles, tutorials, specs, charts, and FAQs, to learn more about browser support for CSS, but navigating this vast sea of info has left me more confused than ever!

So I'm asking you to help me conduct my own browser test. Please visit my Big Kick Page. Watch it until you are automatically returned here (about a minute). Compare what you saw to the mini-preview at right and to the description below. Then use the Feedback Form below to send me your report. Thanks!

Users of older Netscape browsers, please note! In response to your feedback about problems with viewing the Big Kick Page, I have recently (4/22/02) revised the coding. If you couldn't see this page before, please try again!

My Big Kick HTML now uses both LAYER tags and NOLAYER content. My Big Kick script now includes functions designed to work with LAYERS as well as functions designed to work with NOLAYER content, and a rudimentary browser sniffer. I hope these changes make the page just as accessible for users of older Netscape browsers as it is for IE users and NN 6.x users.

Mini-Preview of Big Kick Page

The Big Kick Page animation should look like this,
except that its much bigger and less repetitive

Main Dance Page

Big Kick Page

Ballet Class Slide Show

Dance Links

If you can't see my Big Kick Page in all its glory, you should still be able to enjoy the Ballet Class Slide Show, designed to work in all browsers. Please take a look!


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What You Should See

If your browser is JavaScript enabled and fully supports CSS, here's what you should see on the Big Kick Page:

First, an image of a dancer appears against a black background with no text;

Then decorative text begins to appear in different places at different times;

Some bits of text remain visible for 2 seconds, others for 1.5 seconds, and others for only 1 second;

Sometimes the bits of text overlap each other, and sometimes they don't;

All of the text appears behind the dancer image, as shown in the mini-preview;

After these special effects have continued for about a minute, they stop abruptly;

Then you are automatically returned to this page.

If your browser does not fully support CSS, you might not see all the images described above, or the images might not be positioned in the way I've described. It's possible you might see nothing but a blank page!

Please use the Feedback Form at right to let me know about your experience of my Big Kick Page. The information about your browser and operating system will be very helpful to me.

What You Did See

Feedback Form

When I visited the Big Kick Page:
It looked like your description
I saw only a dancer, no text
Text appeared but not behind the dancer
I saw a blank page
Other - please describe below:

How long did the display continue before you were returned here?
About a minute, as you said
Much longer than a minute
Much shorter than a minute

I am using the following browser:
IE 5.5 IE 5.0 IE4.01
IE 4.0 IE 3.0 IE 2.0
NN 6.2    NN 6.0    NN 4.7/4.5
NN 4.06    NN 4.0
NN 3.0 NN 2.02 NN 2.0
Opera 4.02    Lynx
Mosaic 3.07 Mosaic 3.0
AOL 3.0 AOL 2.7 AOL 1.0
Other - please specify:

I am using the following platform:
Windows      Mac      Unix
Other - please specify:

Is the word "thanks!" on bottom/left side of this page changing colors?
Yes    No    Don't see it at all