>From my experience using javascript, as Mark says, go with the DOM. We've had good success with complex form interaction using DOM / javascript. These interfaces work on almost every browser apart the grumpy old bunch.
Being an admin type interface we detect old browsers and politely ask them to upgrade, offering some of the benefits. Surprisingly most people upgrade when provided a link. Regards Chris Blown http://hinterlands.com.au On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 09:19, Mark Stanton wrote: > I agree with Ryan - coding for specific browsers is a futile excerise. > > We do use javascript quite a bit but its usually to provide additional > funcitonality to users who are able to handle it. The empahsis is on > people still being able to use the site without javascript. This could > include things like having the text "search" inside a search box, but > then removing it when the user clicks into the search box or providing > tree style navigation. > > Javascript is ok, but must be used with care. I think the best > approach is to aim at the DOM & ECMA standards (O'Reilly have a great > book on this) and not getting trapped into browser specific or IE only > scripting. > > > Cheers > > Mark > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** > > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
