javascript links you can't right-click on. Why?

[Freamon]

It's working as designed.

[VectraMan]

It's poor practice but you still see it a lot. The href attribute of the link should be the URL of the page it links to. Any additional functionality should be added to the event handler for clicking on the link. That way if a user has javascript disabled then they will still be able to click on the link and reach the intended page. This is known as progressive enhancement.

What if it doesn't always link to the same place?

[d000hg]

It's working as designed.

Or more likely, it's working but it's not designed at all - some developer threw it together without thinking because "everyone uses javascript".

[Zippy]

What if it doesn't always link to the same place?

Then you should build the page dynamically on the server.

[Sysman]

Or more likely, it's working but it's not designed at all - some developer threw it together without thinking because "everyone uses javascript".

And the developer probably hasn't heard of accessibility.