Re: Odd border round image link

Stephen Chalmers wrote:
> "Chunder" <yoyo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:42f67bbd$0$14664$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > This only happens in IE not Netscape. How can I prevent this unsightly
> >> occurrence?

> > Don't use IE.

> > Very funny. How do I control which browser my visitors use?

That's the whole point - on the web, how a user experiences the content
is entirely up to them. They can choose to use the layout, fonts, and
colours you have set, or they can over-ride them and use something else
entirely if they wish. The author's job is to provide content, and
suggest appearance. There is no control.

> I think you'll find that Mozilla and Firefox on Windows also do this on text
> links, but seemingly not to images.

> > --------
> > Stephen's script works fine but POTW's is better (I put it at the bottom
> > before </body>) because the dots do not appear even when the image is
> > clicked. Fantastic! and thanks!
> > --------

Which means the page is now fundamentally broken for some users.
You've just reduced your audience.

> > I know several said to leave them, but I can't understand their purpose.
> > Is it for people who can't use a mouse?

Disabled people, for starters, who can't use a mouse and rely on the
keyboard instead. But some non-disabled users find this quicker, use
the TAB key to shift the focus to the link you want (i.e. the dotted
line), then hit return. It's all down to individual preference.

> Just be satisfied with the dots vanishing as soon as they've done their job.

The OP did make one valid point, in that the dots remain if you then
use the back button to return to the page. I can see this might have
some benefit in reminding someone where they've just been, but would a
comprimise solution be to use a script to drop focus on page-load, but
not otherwise - so the dots vanish when the page is returned to, but
show up when tabbing through the links?

On a related issue, is there a simple script to switch focus in a
frameset to a specific page? With a non-framed page, once you've
reached it if you use the arrows to scroll it scrolls as expected, with
a framed page the focus is the frameset, I'd like to make it the main
content page so users get the same "click to the page and scroll down"
experience.

Presumably the code would need to go in the frameset (in this case, one
set per page), to avoid the risk of ever having two "I want focus"
pages playing javascript bingo with each other?

.

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