Hi Bob,
> >> The behaviour comes from exploiting the ability to change the cursor.
> >> That ability resides at the OS level and M$ based browsers all handle
> > Yes, but what I want to know is whether that "exploiting" is a
> > documented feature. I expect it isn't. Just because all M$ broswers
> > handle it does not make it either standard or documented - there are
> Changing a cursor in Windows is documented, including how to create
> custom cursors.
> How to do the same thing in AmigaOs is also documented
Heh, no, we're at cross-purposes here. :) I'm not referring to the
program changing the pointer using documented OS routines, I'm talking
about whether the fact that the pointer does or does not change when
over an OnClick link is a documented behavioural pattern of HTML or
JS. ie: Will all browsers (not) change the pointer under these
circumstances.
It's all getting a bit OT now anyway...
> > The point made by the originator of the thread was to ask why it seems
> > people code their sites to be unneccessarily complicated, risking
> > incompatibilty, without apparent reason.
> That's because a lot of it is simply due to the programmer amusing
> h(im|er)self at being clever.
Precisely, but is it "clever" to code incompatible or broken code?
Cya,
Ian
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