> Chris F.A. Johnson > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, John Horner wrote: >> 1) Button elements don't need styling, they take their styling from >> the user's operating system, which they are, I assume, familiar and >> comfortable with. I won't be reinventing the wheel.
> Button elements are styled by the browser. But the browser should, in normal circumstances, heed any OS preferences (or at least, unless explicitly styled differently, present all those controls with a consistent look and feel). >> 2) Anchor elements don't have a built-in "disabled" mode, buttons do, > Disabled mode is just more styling. It's also a functional change, as it disables the button (makes it unclickable and does not trigger the specified onclick action). >> and again the styling comes directly from the OS and the user is >> familiar with it. > Anchor elements are styled by the browser. I believe John meant "the styling of the 'disabled' button", so same as above applies. P ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Web Editor Enterprise & Development University of Salford Room 113, Faraday House Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT UK T +44 (0) 161 295 4779 webmas...@salford.ac.uk www.salford.ac.uk A GREATER MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************