SV: [thelist] Web Based Employee Directory

[jsWalter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org 
> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Ken Chase
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:40 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: SV: [thelist] Web Based Employee Directory
> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:44:33 +0200, "Andreas Wahlin" 
> <Andreas.Wahlin at ufl.gu.se> said:
>  
> > Is there anything wrong with mailto-links? Just curious, not 
> > critizining in any way.
> > 
> 
> Other will certainly have different opinions but in this 
> situation I simply do not like the fact that they open the 
> default e-mail application on the client side.

Well, than you've painted yourself into a corner.

Basic Requirements:
  1) HTML only
  2) JS as only programming
  3) send (process) form
  4) no email app link (new req)

You have requirements that have no solution.

Req 3 and 4 cancel each other out.

There are only 2 methods of emailing someone from a web page:
 1) web form, processed via some server-side language
 2) email app integration

The later does not give you a standard form, but a free form field,
allay email message.

The former gives you control on what is sent in this message, but then
you need a server with something other than JS.

You're going to have to re-think this.

Walter