Re: lynx-dev non-breaking space in input forms

[dickey]

> 
> I keep seeing those annoying tv ads for lycos, so I thought I would 
> try it out today to see how lynx-friendly it was.  The first thing 
> I noticed is that the text entry search field positions the cursor midway 
> in the field.  I grabbed the source and discovered that for some reason 
> in the form they have attempted to set the word "for:" apart from the  
> selection box and text entry field with &nspc; characters.  But those 
> cause lynx to position the input cursor in the middle of the text field. 

perhaps they're doing something that assumes the font's proportional and
trying to compensate for it with spacing...

> Look at <URL: http://www.lycos.com/> and the 3rd link on the page. 

> Larry W. Virden                 <URL: mailto:address@hidden> 

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