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

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Wed Jul 31 18:11:01 CDT 2002


simon,

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> From: Simon Willison
>
> My solution at the moment is to use window.status to
> display the URL that the user will end up at. However,
> this leaves no visual clue that a redirect will occur.
>
> Is this approach acceptable?
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if the redirect doesn't result in an extra entry in their browser history then i'd say it doesn't matter if they know a redirect is happening or not.

.jeff

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