[thelist] Site critique

hello,

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: From: <newsletters@witching-hour.net>
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: I'm sorry, I believe in free speech, but this comment
: WAS inappropriate.
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unlike you, i found the comment quite funny really as i share the same
opinion about xtianity as isaac does.  more often than not, i'll simply
delete the request for critique and move on rather than subject msyelf to
the usual xtian rhetoric (as an aside, i grew up raised as a xtian, attended
church every weekend, and also attended a xtian private school, so i know
all about the rhetoric).

most importantly, however, let's all agree that appropriateness is relative
and leave it at that.

<tip type="JavaScript" author=".jeff">

building an application for a client complete with tools to delete info from
the database but don't wanna have links out there that they could
haphazardly click on and delete stuff without meaning to?  give them a
message box asking if they really mean to delete and then proceed
accordingly depending on which button (ok or cancel) they click on.

<a
  href="delete.cfm?pid=4"
  onClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this item?')"
>delete</a>

clicking the link will bring up a confirm() dialogue.  clicking "ok" will
return true, causing the browser to follow the link.  clicking "cancel" will
return false, canceling the href action and causing the user to not leave
the page.

</tip>

good luck,

.jeff

name://jeff.howden
game://web.development
http://www.evolt.org/
mailto:jeff@members.evolt.org