[thelist] Is changing window.status='evil?';

[Jim Dabell]

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On Wednesday 31 July 2002 6:12 pm, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> On this note, what about affiliate links? You know, links that say
> "Yahoo!" but go to http://www.affiliateserver.com/3872397432987/
>
> Would using a window.status script to say "http://www.yahoo.com/" be
> valid in this situation, since that's where they will actually end up?

No doubt some people will want to know when links are sponsored.  Also,
there is no guarantee what you are obscuring is the address of links;
status-bar text is implementation-specific.  What happens when
affiliateserver.com change their implementation, and you don't end up where
you thought you would?

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Jim


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