thanks to all that replyied to my previous post with the following code
in question:
<a href="merc.htm" target="_new_merc" onfocusout=window.close
class="left_link">
i understand that the people don't like the idea of closing the browser
window because it's annoyance to the user
however in my code it is *me* who opens the target window for the
specific purpose of viewing it only once. when the user leaves the
window I want it closed. It seems to me that the "target" attribute of
<a> tag is even more annoying without closing the "_new" window: say
the user went out about their business and in 10 minutes they click the
link again and *nothing* happens because the "_new" window is open but
without focus and the novice user wouldn't know what's going on.
the issue in question is that "onfocusout" seems to be microsoft
extension and not part of the standad HTML
udnder
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/inte....html#h-18.2.3
there is no "onfocusout" event
but uunder
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ence_entry.asp
there is "onfocusout"
So I am not clear on the following
1. Is dhtml a microsoft extension of html?
2. why wouldn't my code work in IE even if it is?