Menus are missing/Javascript is disabled?
Allen Hopkins, 26 Jun 2004
Last updated: 30 Mar 2006

There are two known issues affecting the display of the dropdown menus at the top of the page.

First, this website uses javascript to provide drop down menus.

Unfortunately, there is a security hole in some versions of Internet Explorer that can be exploited by having javascript enabled.

Microsoft suggests setting the security level to high and then adding specific sites to the list of trusted servers:

1. In Internet Explorer, select Tools -> Internet Options -> Security
2. Click on Trusted Sites -> Sites
3. "require server verification" should not be checked
4. Add the following hosts:

   http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu
   http://embedded.eecs.berkeley.edu
   http://www.gigascale.org
   

Secondly, security software like Symantec Client Firewall may remove some content on the assumption that it is unwanted advertising. Here is how to configure Symantec Client Firewall to stop it from removing our dropdown menus:

Bring up Symentec Client Firewall
Double-click "Ad Bocking".
Click "Advanced".
Click "Add Site".
Enter this website's URL, click "OK".
Scroll down to this website's URL in the left window, and select it.
Click "Add..."
    Click the "Permit" radio button.
    Enter "banner" in the text area.
    Click "OK".

Click "Add..."
    Click the "Permit" radio button.
    Enter "sponsor" in the text area.
    Click "OK".