[qmtest] GUI changes

[Vladimir Prus]

Mark Mitchell wrote:
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> This looks like a good idea!
> 
> 
> OK, we'll see about making that work.

I've played with this locally and this works. The only problem
is that you can't use <a> with empty href for menu items:
brower will try to access "" on click then. Guess that plays
with CSS will be needed to achive the same look as for links.

>> P.S. BTW, what was the motivation for the change? I see it uses
>> JavaScript, so desire to eliminate JS could not be the reason. Or am I
>> wrong?
> 
> 
> We feel that it's OK to use JavaScript in the GUI; JavaScript (or, more
> properly ECMA) is pretty universal these days and will only get more so.

I completely agree.

> Of course, it would be nice to have a non-JavaScript version too,
> especially for browsers like Lynx where JavaScript doesn't really make
> sense.
> 
> The motivation for the change was really aesthetics; the drop-down boxes
> as menus weren't very attractive.  The new menus look more like normal
> menus.

OK. As far as they pop up on click (which is doable), I've no objections.

- Volodya