[Javascript] Retaining values

[Troy III Ajnej]

I still believe that the "wisdom" is to: use tools for what they were meant to.
 
And the moral of the story would be: 
  -Don't use hammer to drive a screw!
  nor vice versa.

That's all there there is.
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                     Troy III
            progressive art enterprise
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> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:49:28 -0400
> From: paulf at quillandmouse.com
> To: javascript at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Retaining values
> > 
> > Moral of the story: 'innerHTML == EVIL!'
> > 
> > Like the old 'document.write()' before it, it can't be trusted to
> > leave your document alone.
> > 
> > So in future use standard DOM methods [like 'appendChild'] and
> > generally you'll be fine [tho' it's a bit more verbose].
> 
> Thanks for this. I've often wondered about the wisdom of innerHTML, but
> I've never seen any official warnings about it. Nice to see real world
> confirmation.
> 
> Paul
> 
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