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Implement a DHTML Mouseover effect with DOM

Originally published in WebBuilder magazine. Found courtesy Wayback Machine. The DOM, or Document Object Model, is a specification recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) primarily to help eliminate cross-browser dynamic HTML differences. It is implemented with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) 5.x, and will be implemented with Netscape’s Navigator 5.x when it is released. […]

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Adding Persistence to DHTML Effects

Originally published at Netscape Enterprise Developer, now archived at the Wayback Machine Dynamic HTML (DHTML), implemented in Netscape Navigator 4.x and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, gives the Web page visitor the ability to alter the position, format, or visibility of an HTML element. However, the effects that are created with DHTML are transitory in that […]

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A cross-browser text rollover

You may or may not have seen image rollovers. Rollovers are effects that provide visual feedback to the reader when his or her mouse is over an item. Well, you can also create text rollovers. This cheap page trick shows just one technique that you can use to create a text rollover. First, I create […]

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Netscape Navigator’s JavaScript 1.1 vs Microsoft Internet Explorer’s JScript

Originally appeared in Digital Cats magazine. Found courtesy Wayback Machine. Prior to Netscape implementing JavaScript in Netscape Navigator, web developers had few tools to create interactive content for their web pages. Now this scripting language gives developers the ability to do things such as check form contents, communicate with the user based on their actions, […]

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Netscape Navigator’s JavaScript 1.1 vs Microsoft Internet Explorer’s JScript

Originally published at Digital Cats, now archived at the Wayback Machine Prior to Netscape implementing JavaScript in Netscape Navigator, web developers had few tools to create interactive content for their web pages. Now this scripting language gives developers the ability to do things such as check form contents, communicate with the user based on their […]