Has our dropdown menu been broken for you?

Question

I was out getting a haircut last night and started clicking around on BP using their browser - IE7.

What I discovered caused me grave concern.  It seems that the dropdown menu at the top of the page wasn't working properly.  When I tried to click on an item once the menus opened, it just disappeared.

Have any of you experienced the same thing?

I was looking at our analytics this morning and saw that 10% of our visitors are using IE7 for Windows and was really shocked that no one has reported this problem with the menus.

This menu worked when we launched it last year, but something has clearly gone wrong.

As I type this, we are rebuilding the menu from scratch to ensure it works on all browsers.

I'm writing this post to ask all of our visitors and members to please report any problems you have with the site to me by PM, or to the site via our CONTACT link at the bottom of every page.

By ignoring issues, you may be losing the ability to use our site to the fullest.  We also may never know about the problem.

Please help us make sure BP is in full working order so you have a better experience --

Thank you.

Joshua Dorkin · Answer

Status Update: We should be launching the new nav bar tomorrow.  It looks like it is going to be much lighter and faster, but for our users, should look the same as the current one.

Joel Owens · Answer

Thought I had IE 7 but just checked and remembered I upgraded to IE 8 awhile back.

I think IE 7 itself was having browser issues which is why I upgraded.

Joshua Dorkin · Answer

Thanks Joel.  I suppose it is all irrelevant since we're going to be replacing it in the next day or so with a brand new dropdown.

Joel Owens · Answer

I am old school (Windows XP Home Edition)

Joshua Dorkin · Answer

Joel - What is your OS?

Joel Owens · Answer

I have been fine. Use Firefox most of the time but also have IE and just checked and it's fine.

Maybe the issue was on an interface with their computer.