Re: A/LINK attributes

stiddu@di.unito.it
Tue, 20 Jun 95 09:30:28 EDT

> As an HTML author, I would prefer a "flash which lights up as the pointer
> passes over" to be represented by an attribute with a clear name, such as
> MESSAGE.
>
> <link href="..." title="Vacation" message="See why Chevy Chase left MD">
>
>
> -Walter

I and Davide would prefer, too.
And modifying the cursor shape would even be more useful.

See msg from bacco@di.unito.it, date Wed Jun 7.
Is there any browser which implements such a feature?

Showing a message or modifying the cursor could be a good idea to give HTML
authors more flexibility in writing interactive documents.

your <link href="..." title="Vacation" message="See... ...> looks good.

Implementing cursor shape, we could use

<link href="..." title="Vacation" cursor="ChevyChase.gif">

or we could combine this format with a 'SRC=' reference.

|stiddu@di.unito.it, Stefano Mondo
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|bacco@di.unito.it, Davide Bacchiega
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|Dept. Informatica, Univ. Turin, Italy.