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by moebrowne 13 days ago
TIL server side image maps: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLImageEl...

Supported since forever.
2 comments
burnte 13 days ago
Wow, I remember when server side image maps were the only kind of image map!
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hdjrudni 13 days ago
Really? <map> was also supported since Chrome and Firefox 1. Is ismap older yet?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...

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burnte 13 days ago
If I recall, yes. I don't think clientside maps hit till HTML 3.2
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dieselgate 13 days ago
Paul Graham's website uses image maps for the nav bar, it's the only place I can recall seeing them off the top of my head.
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omnibrain 13 days ago
IIRC the Apple website used to use (client side image maps) them. But I suspect that was Mai my so they could do some research where users actually click on their screen.
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Nition 13 days ago
That one's a client-side image map.
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perilunar 13 days ago
And completely unnecessary. Should be a list of text links.
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