The solution you’ve proposed is less semantic, requires additional markup and CSS, and introduces nothing additional.

I’ve updated the article to show changing the color on hover.

e.g.

b tag inside your link to hover to a different underline color.

<a><b>text here</b></a>

a {
color: #0000ff;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover {
color: #cc0000;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover b {
color: #0000ff;
}

You should be seeing a blue link which underline becomes red on rollover.
Basically you just change the whole font color and then set the b tag back to its original color. Underline color won’t revert since it’s applied by the parent tag, not by the b one.

I’m using it in a few places in my site http://seosumo.com/design

One problem. You can close the sidebar which opens when you Edit, or View Style information. The close button doesn’t work, and you’re stuck with that annoying sidebar…

Any idea how to fix that?

Firefox could not install the file at
file:///Users/tim/Documents/My%20Downloads/WebDev_3.xpi
because: Not a valid install package
-207

[OS 10.4.11, ppc, firefox 3.0 b2]

any ideas?

Oh so I have to tell Safari to do what is expected of it? I’m all for AI, but I don’t think I should have to train a browser that the tab key should move focus to the next element. It’s been around for a while…it’s just Apple being stubborn about not liking selection rectangles appearing on their pretty little child that’s a moron.

Safari doesn’t have anything to manage cookies. Safari doesn’t let me write my own scripts to execute on websites that match an expression. Safari doesn’t let me modify global styles through a CSS stylesheet. Safari doesn’t give me the ability to resize my browser window to specific dimensions for testing websites. Safari doesn’t let me outline specific elements for debugging HTML. Safari doesn’t let me swap between different sets of cookies. Safari doesn’t let me see my AdSense earnings updated all day and night. Safari doesn’t show me the time a website took to load. Safari doesn’t let me snap a screenshot of the entire website. Safari doesn’t update itself. I could go on all day.

Safari doesn’t let me use a lot of standard JavaScript. In fact, until Safari 3, WebKit/AppleWebKit would screw up all over the place on Google Docs. The way Safari handles various padding and margin situations with float is incorrect, also (Safari 2, I’m not sure of 3).

Safari has tabs, but they’re not enabled by default. IE 7 has tabs, and they actually work with the keyboard (ctrl+tab) unlike Safari’s.

You say you’ve used Firefox and Opera and Safari is better. Since better is relative to your usage, I’m assuming you’re just another brat that can’t stand to have something look a little bit off so that it is functional…like handles on the doors of cars. Sure, safari looks nice and clean, but all that “clutter” has immense functionality.

PS: Safari has “plug-ins” instead of extensions. Apparently you’re another amateur that doesn’t realize exactly how his browser works.

You need to actually use the damn thing. I’ve gone through Firefox, Camino, Opera, SeaMonkey, and OmniWeb, and Safari is still better.