| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 13 Mar 2001 at 13:00:25 |
| Subject: | Re: Javascript Does'nt work on my amiga ??? |
Matt Sealey said,
> Hello Neil
>>> The text between <H2> and </H2> is obviously a clickable space: like a
>>> link, just without the special "it points somewhere" properties.
>>
>> Why "obviously"? It's just a piece of text. Making it clickable does
>> mean that people will click on it. Making something a link when the
>> browser renders it as "not a link" is plain confusing to the user.
> Everything between <H2> and </H2> is an area on the screen, more
> to the point a peice of text so high and so bold. You can move your
> mouse over it. If you click the text, you HAVE CLICKED IT. It's clickable.
I know you *can* click on it. but if it's not an obviously clickable
link, why would a user think to click on it. I don't go round clicking
every piece of text on every web page, just in case some lame "webmaster"
has added an onClick handler. If you want someone to use a link, make it
a link.
>>> If Javascript is disabled, any self-respecting browser just ignores
>>> everything between <script> and </script>. Any browser which doesn't
>>
>> Thank you, as someone who has to use a non-JavaScript browser from time
>> to time, this thoughtlessness is really annoying.
> Tough titties, but you wouldn't be visiting Nick's site anyway :O
It wouldn't matter, as he didn't have an onClick handler. He had an
uncalled function with a name that looked like an object's method :-O
Neil
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