Re: Drop down menu

JRS: In article <1291207.fYdLNYVI8J@PointedEars.de>, dated Mon, 30 Jan
2006 19:48:48 remote, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, Thomas
'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> posted :
>Dr John Stockton wrote:
>
>> [...] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn [...] posted :
>>> Users without client-side script support will not be able to navigate,
>>
>> An ill-considered remark.
>
>Definitely not. People suggesting and/or using this are often not aware
>that such a `select' element is useless to those users.

It's a pity that you can write English better than you can read it.

If you consider your remark intelligently, you will see that it
expresses a valid thought in an inaccurate manner. Granted that those
without script enabled will not be able to navigate by the script-
energised control; but that does not mean that they will not be able to
navigate if other means are provided.

>> The provision of scripted drop-down navigation in no way precludes the
>> provision of navigation by ordinary links.
>
>Of course it does not. I was merely referring to the `select' element's
>event handler.

That may have been your intention; it was not what you achieved. You
were, as is your custom, over-dogmatic.

You expect others to pay attention to what you write; you really should
do the same yourself before you expose it to the public gaze.

Your attributions still do not comply with recent thinking by Usenet
experts; it is inappropriate to apply ancient German-newsgroup rulings
here.

Your articles lack a validly-separated signature.
 

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