[thelist] Re: Adding diff search engines to one combo box.
.jeff
jeff at members.evolt.org
Wed Nov 28 18:18:43 CST 2001
james,
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> From: MRC
>
> .jeff,
>
> > thank god ie6 doesn't support the non-standard
> > <bgsound> tag.
>
> If only it were so! But you probably have the "Play
> sounds in web pages" option unchecked in Internet
> Options -- I'm not sure what the factory default is.
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factory default is checked, unfortunately. thank god for that checkbox
though, i now remember unchecking it to save myself the hassle of someone
else's idea of ambience. *never* assume the user wants to hear your
carefully crafted "sounds" while they surf your site. they might be
listening to the tv in the background, the radio, a cd, a tape, an lp, an
8-track, or *gasp* an mp3. it sorely sucks to have someone else interrupt
that voluntary stream of sound with something unexpected.
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> > nope, no childish wav files played in this house.
>
> Not just that it's a bgsound wav file, but that it seems
> intended to frighten newbies into thinking that their
> PCs have been infected with a virus -- a very senseless
> prank. This rates a zero for professionalism in my book.
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in favor of giving it its just deserves, i'd rank it a -1 on
professionalism. a zero is giving it way too much credit.
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> A bit of a soapbox admonition for those who might
> entertain following this example: think twice before
> letting your antagonism for a particular software
> company or for a particular piece of software spill
> over into an abuse of your audience. It ain't hip.
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while that soapbox is out and warmed up, let me add to that by suggesting
that you think twice before referring to a browser or software manufacturer
by your favorite pet names: internet exploiter/exploder, nutscrape,
micro$oft, etc. it adds no value to the conversation and serves only to
give valid reason for others reading your message to consider you less
professional.
<tip type="JavaScript" author=".jeff">
have a list of items and want to see if a value matches one of the list
elements? one of these functions will handle it for you:
/* case sensitive search */
function ListFind(list, value)
{
var returnValue = -1;
var delimiter = ',';
if(arguments.length == 3) delimiter = arguments[2];
var list = list.split(delimiter);
for(var i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
{
if(list[i] == value)
{
returnValue = i;
break;
}
}
return returnValue;
}
/* case insensitive search */
function ListFindNoCase(list, value)
{
var returnValue = -1;
var delimiter = ',';
if(arguments.length == 3) delimiter = arguments[2];
var list = list.split(delimiter);
for(var i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
{
if(list[i].toLowerCase() == value.toLowerCase())
{
returnValue = i;
break;
}
}
return returnValue;
}
</tip>
thanks,
.jeff
http://evolt.org/
jeff at members.evolt.org
http://members.evolt.org/jeff/
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