LYNX-DEV Re: Lynx "bug"?

[Hiram Lester, Jr.]

On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Foteos Macrides wrote:

> Robin Markowitz <address@hidden> wrote:
> >I always test my pages in Lynx, and I think I've found something you might
> >want to look into. When you put an anchor around the <MARQUEE></MARQUEE>
> >tags, Lynx apparently ignores the anchor, instead of just ignoring the
> >Marquee tag. Thus, such text is not clickable. A link number does appear,
> >but  the text cannot be clicked. Is anyone aware of this problem?
> 
>       Lynx v2.6 recognizes MARQUEE and treats it as a synonym for BANNER
> Read the section on BANNER in the Lynx Users Guide, and over a reasonable
> but not too long period of time, read ALL of the Guide.
> 
>       MARQUEE is a block-level element.  Inclusion of block-level
> elements in Anchor content is severely bad HTML, so also read the
> HTML specs and guides accessible via the Lynx v2.6 online 'h'elp.

And to get Lynx to actually recognize it, try swapping the order of your
MARQUEE and anchors and click your heels together three times and keep
repeating "HTML Validation is good..." :)

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