[thelist] javascript:// :is it necessary?

[The Optimizer]

James

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> are arguing here. But, for the record, IE 3 did support the onmouseover
> event on the <a> element (as did Netscape 2, btw). But most
> versions of IE 3
> (if not all) did not support the images collection (or images
> array, to use
> traditional Netscape parlance), which is why you can't do image
> rollovers in
> IE 3 short of using an applet or a control (hence the origin of those
> dreaded java hover buttons used in FrontPage -- but that's another topic
> altogether :).

Oh boy, my memory's failing me. I just remembered being forced (exactly as
you say) to produce Java applets for a navigation system just so they could
have rollovers. Sorry Brian, my mistake;)

Regards

Chris Marsh