[thelist] IE click border...

[Matt Patterson]

On 3/6/01 at 10:46 pm, ltu97mp at reading.ac.uk (Matt Patterson) wrote:

> you *must* provide *equivalent* functionality 

Good grief! I didn't actually say what the original functionality was...

The link outlines, which also apply to any objects you can interact with, such as form elements, serve to show you what interactive thing currently has the focus - i.e. is the thing you just clicked, the thing that pressing return will activate (also applies to links) or the thing you can type into... If you're navigating a page without the mouse then such things are crucial visual cues to what's going on and where you are...

Matt

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