Comments on: Link Block Hover Effect

By: links for 2008-07-26 : A Girl And Her Blog

links for 2008-07-26 : A Girl And Her Blog — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:36:17 +0000

[...] Link Block Hover Effect link, and then styling the rest of the content to not look like a link. [...]

By: Dan Freakley

Dan Freakley — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:22:49 +0000

I too think it's flawed with the invalid HTML. Though I like the work-around, and wouldn't encourage you to stop trying things like this.

By: Dan Schulz

Dan Schulz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:58:30 +0000

I said invalid, not non-semantic. There is a difference between the two. As for the lack of support for :hover on non-anchor elements in IE 6 and earlier, that can be taken care of with Peter Nederlof's csshover.htc file, the proprietary behavior: style property, and a single line in a .htaccess file (to set the correct MIME type for .hta and .htc files).

By: John Leschinski

John Leschinski — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:42:53 +0000

I don't care about supporting IE6, with IE8 already on it's way. IE6 users should expect at this point to be treated to a less polished web if they refuse to upgrade.

By: Myo Kyaw Htun

Myo Kyaw Htun — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:38:44 +0000

Give + point to Dan and li:hover doesn't work in IE6.

By: John Leschinski

John Leschinski — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:35:53 +0000

Ya, I did mention it's not semantic code. However it does work in Safari, IE, and FireFox. The idea that everything has to be 100% valid code is a great idea, but I'm fine with bending the rules to achieve acctual results.

By: Dan Schulz

Dan Schulz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:31:01 +0000

While it's a neat "trick" it's actually invalid HTML since block-level elements (such as paragraphs) cannot be embedded inside inline ones (like links for example). For those (such as myself) who actually care about well-formed and valid markup, this is going to be a major /FAIL/ not to mention a turn-off.