On 01/08/06, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I add background images of a globe. See http://dorward.me.uk/ > > The CSS can be found at http://dorward.me.uk/css/easter-2005.css , > grep it for 'a[href ^="http:"]'. > > Note that IE doesn't support a CSS way to recognise external links. > You may wish to change the selectors and markup (e.g. add a class) to > add support for IE.
A pretty thorough explanation of this technique can be found in this article [1]. It's kind of a pseudo-convention to use an arrow pointing out of a box/page icon for identifying external links. And as we all know from usability expert Jakob Nielsen [2]: conventions are gooood. [1] http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/external/ [2] http://www.useit.com/jakob/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
