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On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 12:45 +0200, Henri Sivonen wrote:
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On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:14, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> The majority of browsers render images within links as having a border
Do you mean the majority of browser installed base (IE's installed base plus Firefox's)? Of the 5 top browsers 3 don't have a border and 2 have. Of the 4 top engines, 2 have a border and 2 don't.
> (which is the image highlight equivalent of a text underline when you think about it in context).
It's not really equivalent in practice, though. The underline convention is widely retained, so users actually can use the convention as a signal. The border is virtually universally removed by authors, so it's not a convention users can look for as a signal.
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I did mean the majority of the browsers installed (as an install base)<BR>
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Of my tests on a few browsers, here is what I see:<BR>
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Browser
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Linked Image Border
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IE
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Yes
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Firefox
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Yes
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Opera
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No
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Chromium
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No
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Konqueror
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No
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Seamonkey
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Yes
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Chrome
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No
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Safari
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No
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Epiphany
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Yes
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So yes, on the majority of actual distinct browsers (and I count Chrome different from Chromium here) then the border is suppressed.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Ash<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk">http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk</A><BR>
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