[thelist] phony ebay scam? Security of info on the web

[.jeff]

jason,

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> From: Jason Handby
>
> > > Ignoring your unwarranted pissiness for a moment,
> > > [...]
> >
> > no pissiness here -- only a unwarranted perception of
> > it, apparently.
> >
> > ;p
>
> You know, I regretted sending that email almost as soon
> as I'd sent it. I'm sorry. It had been a very long
> day...
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no worries.  your regret kept you from seeing the humor in my reply.  oh
well.  too much is lost in text.

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> No matter what z-index you assign to them, SELECT
> controls render on top of other elements in Internet
> Explorer. This is because of the way IE renders pages,
> [...]
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correct so far.

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> and there's nothing you can do about it other than to
> position them where it won't matter.
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not true.  you can also make the problem go away by setting display to none
or visibility to hidden when you don't want them to shine through.

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> (The web designer I'm working with wishes she'd known
> this before designing the nav bar for her new site!)
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and now you have some helpful advice for her.

.jeff

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