Re: [selectors-api] Handling :link and :visited Pseudo Classes

Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> 
> Lachlan Hunt wrote:
>> I'm considering adjusting the spec to allow just two options, and 
>> making IE8's behaviour non-conforming.
>>
>> Either:
>> 1. Match unvisited and visted links normally with :link and :visited, 
>> respecitively.
>> 2. Match all links with :link, and no links with :visted (i.e. treat 
>> all links as unvisited)
> 
> I think that you should just require that if the UA implements :link and 
> :visited at all any link must match one or the other.  Which one is up 
> to the UA.  That allows UAs to impose security policies as needed while 
> still allowing authors to match all links with ":link, :visited".

This sounds like an excellent idea to me.

/ Jonas

Received on Wednesday, 16 April 2008 22:24:26 UTC