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lynx-dev Searching for info about lynx accomodation of javascript


From: Larry W. Virden
Subject: lynx-dev Searching for info about lynx accomodation of javascript
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:35:49 -0500 (EST)

I know that lynx doesn't do javascript.  What I was surprised by this morning
was to see lynx outputting javascript attributes (an onmouseout) from an A tag .

Does lynx insert all unknown/unsupported attributes of a tag into the
text output?  I hadn't noticed this before today.  

Here's a part of an internal page display:

   [1]Title,
   Keywords,
   Author,
   ISBN,
   Owner,
   Notes,
   Personal Copy,
   Location,
   Department,
   Year,
   Volume,
   and
   Copies')" onmouseout="hidetip()">Search/Maintain
                               [2]Add a Book
                                  [3]Help
   [4]the powerful Verity Search Language,
   detailed help on Verity Seaching is found here.')"
   onmouseout="hidetip()">Verity Search Help
        [5]for your use at CAS')" onmouseout="hidetip()">Order Book
                      [6]You currently own 49 Book(s)


Here's the portion of html that generated the above:

<Table Border="10" BGCOLOR="99FFFF">
<TR>
        <TH align="center">
                <font size="+3">
                <A href="Search.cfm" style="text-decoration:none" 
onmouseover="showtip(this,event,'Locate Books 
via<br>Title,<br>Keywords,<br>Author,<br>ISBN,<br>Owner,<br>Notes,<br>Personal 
Copy,<br>Location,<br>Department,<br>Year,<br>Volume,<br>and<br>Copies')" 
onmouseout="hidetip()">Search/Maintain</A>
                </font>
        </TH>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TH align="center">
                <font size="+3">
                <A href="Admin/AddBook.cfm" style="text-decoration:none" 
onmouseover="showtip(this,event,'Add your books to the collection, even use 
Personal Copies')" onmouseout="hidetip()">Add a Book</A>
                </font>
        </TH>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TH align="center">
                <font size="+3">
                <A href="WelcomeToN146.html" style="text-decoration:none" 
onmouseover="showtip(this,event,'Basic help on using the RIN Books Tool')" 
onmouseout="hidetip()">Help</A>
                </font>
        </TH>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TH align="center">
                <font size="+3">
                <A href="verityhowto.html" style="text-decoration:none" 
onmouseover="showtip(this,event,'For Title Searching, the RIN Books Tool 
uses<br>the powerful Verity Search Language,<br>detailed help on Verity 
Seaching is found here.')" onmouseout="hidetip()">Verity Search Help</A>
                </font>
        </TH>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TH align="center">
                <font size="+3">
                <A href="BookRequest.cfm" style="text-decoration:none" 
onmouseover="showtip(this,event,'Use this to order books<br>for your use at 
CAS')" onmouseout="hidetip()">Order Book</A>
                </font>
        </TH>
</TR>

        <TR>
                <TH><a href="SearchFinish.cfm?ShowOwn=Y" 
style="text-decoration:none">
                You currently
                 
                        own
                 
                49 Book(s)</a></TH>
        </TR>


</Table>


Also, I'm looking for current pointers for some web sites which deal
in detail with proper web site design to accomodate both javascript
actived and javascript inactived web browsers.  For instance, is
there some way for a page to be written properly so that people with
Javascript gets the functionality intended while those without Javascript
get a clean interface as well.
-- 
Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem.
Larry W. Virden <mailto:address@hidden> <URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/>
Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should 
be construed as representing my employer's opinions.
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