[thelist] hidden form field anti-spam tool?

Joel D Canfield joel at streamliine.com
Wed Apr 18 08:24:00 CDT 2007


> Using a technique called offLeft
> 
> .offLeft {
> position: absolute;
> left: -999em;
> top:-999em
> }
> 
> http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ScreenreaderVisibility
> 
> But how that effects a spambot is another matter....

and how it affects screen readers is exactly the opposite of what I want, right? for this to *not* involve a human visitor, it needs to be invisible *and* inaudible, but the off-left was specifically dreamt up to be invisible, but audible.

or am I missing something?

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