Sent by Timothy J. Luoma on 14 April 2002 09:09
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Mark Gallagher wrote:
> shayalo wrote:
> > can't undeestand why can't the scrollbar coloring be included in the
> > spec. What's wrong with it?
And heck, while we're at it, why not define a whole bunch of things (*):
browser {
back-button: disabled;
forward-button: disabled;
escape-button: disabled;
right-click: disabled;
view-source: disabled;
close-window: disabled;
close-browser: disabled;
control-alt-delete: disabled;
leave-my-site: disabled;
yank-out-the-power-cord: disabled;
silence-annoying-background-music: disabled;
infinite-popup-windows: enabled;
probe-hard-drive-for-credit-card-numbers: enabled;
install-spyware: enabled;
homepage: http://www.mysitehere.com;
}
> Changing the colour of the scrollbar, changing the desktop image,
> changing the panel/taskbar colours, changing the colour of the title
> bar, changing the functionality of the title bar's buttons (menu,
> minimise, maximise/restore, shade, close) are the job of the user, *not*
> the designer.
What he said.
TjL
ps - (*) yes I realize some of these things are "already possible"
especially using JavaScript. Let's not turn CSS into another "do not
attempt to adjust your set... we control the horizontal and the vertical
(and the off, and on, and remote control, and....)
