[thelist] IE click border...

[Matt Patterson]

On 3/6/01 at 12:53 pm, jeff at members.evolt.org (jeff) wrote:

> if you care about your users and the usability and accessibility of your
> site you will *never* use this bit of code *anywhere* within your site.  the
> border placed on links that are clicked are put there for a reason.  they
> serve a very valid purpose -- keep you mitts off.

On 3/6/01 at 4:06 pm, elwalker at ruwebby.com (Erika L. Walker) wrote:

> Just out of curiosity,....what is the "very valid purpose"?


I'm not sure I'd go quite as far as Jeff... but if you're going to switch the outline off then you *must* provide *equivalent* functionality or people who are tabbing through links - people with disabilities who need to tab through, for example - have no way of knowing where they are. 

Disenfranchising people because you don't like IE's link outline is crass. You can change the behaviour of what happens with the :focus psuedoclass in CSS2. Provide alternative and *equivalent* functionality!! This is critical for accessible web sites.

Matt 

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