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[backstage] Inline hypertext links - you're doing it wrong!

Brian Butterworth
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:52:18 -0700

It's probably worth having a look at this story on the BBC News The Editors:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/08/new_ways_of_linking.html

I can't think of a better example of doing something really simple and
straightforward completely wrong.

Instead of a <a href=""></a> there loads of silly Javascript popus like
those rather mad adverts you get on some sites.

You wouldn't think there's been a standard way of doing this for almost 15
years...

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Brian Butterworth