Sorry, but that's just poor design. My college portal has something similar, and I abhor it. Instead of using a popup to select the criteria, try using a select box populated at runtime (or dynamic using script). It's much more intuitive and faster to use.
That's the thing, this code didn't have the proverbial thousand eyes looking at it, because the asshats marked it 'confidential' until just recently. If anything, this proves that security through obscurity is a losing proposition..
Browsers allowing script access to the status bar is stupid to begin with. I think this is a "feature" we could all happily live without. Who thought this cousin to the BLINK tag was a good idea anyway?
Both NS 4.0 and IE 4.0 were crash-prone, buggy piles of crap. (probably due to their competing rush to market) However, MS released IE 5 soon afterward, which solved most of the problems with IE 4. Netscape, meanwhile, scrapped their 5.0 browser and languished for years releasing point upgrades to the borked 4.0 codebase. In public memory, IE 4 is but a distant memory. But it seems Netscape will be forever associated with their 4.0 brower.
left side overlaps main text requiring a page refresh to correct
I never used to experience this problem in the past, but Slashdot in general has become quite flaky recently, often not loading completely. My theory is that the alignment problems in Moz/FF are related to this, and the problem is not apparent in IE because it's much more tolerant of invalid code.
fonts do not render correctly
Fonts & Colors -> Minimum font size = 10
Don't leave home without it.:)
One of the nicer yet little-heralded features of Mozilla IMO, is that it has the option not to let scripts mess around with the status bar. I like to know where that link really goes, thank you very much.
This feature prevented MSN's example links from appearing in the status bar, but remember that this technique could also have been used to make hostile links appear friendly. And I'll never know how I scored, because the site was slashdotted by the time I finished.:/
Ah yes, now I understand why my recently submitted story of a $400,000 grant to Sourceforge was rejected. Obviously, it just wasn't compelling news, unlike this gem. All hail michael!
So we should keep them in business, or else? I think I've heard of this technique before.. ah yes, it was the mob.
I really do wonder where this is going to end. In 100 years, will people look back on this as the time when corporate greed destroyed the American music industry?
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Sorry, but that's just poor design. My college portal has something similar, and I abhor it. Instead of using a popup to select the criteria, try using a select box populated at runtime (or dynamic using script). It's much more intuitive and faster to use.
What about Apple users? (just curious) :)
That's the thing, this code didn't have the proverbial thousand eyes looking at it, because the asshats marked it 'confidential' until just recently. If anything, this proves that security through obscurity is a losing proposition..
Browsers allowing script access to the status bar is stupid to begin with. I think this is a "feature" we could all happily live without. Who thought this cousin to the BLINK tag was a good idea anyway?
Both NS 4.0 and IE 4.0 were crash-prone, buggy piles of crap. (probably due to their competing rush to market) However, MS released IE 5 soon afterward, which solved most of the problems with IE 4. Netscape, meanwhile, scrapped their 5.0 browser and languished for years releasing point upgrades to the borked 4.0 codebase. In public memory, IE 4 is but a distant memory. But it seems Netscape will be forever associated with their 4.0 brower.
Now that is scary..
There's two mod points wasted, out of the system forever. Anybody want to try for three?
left side overlaps main text requiring a page refresh to correct
I never used to experience this problem in the past, but Slashdot in general has become quite flaky recently, often not loading completely. My theory is that the alignment problems in Moz/FF are related to this, and the problem is not apparent in IE because it's much more tolerant of invalid code.
fonts do not render correctly
Fonts & Colors -> Minimum font size = 10 :)
Don't leave home without it.
My, that was a good usage of mod points.
First post, and on topic. w00t!
Shut up and eat your cheese sandwich.. ;)
the ascendance of Java (and C#, which is Java + 1)
A great hacker would have said Java++ .. ;)
Heh, so much for the theory that IP protection spurs innovation. (yet again)
when we make clients visit the premises
Interesting phrasing.. do you work for the Dept. of Corrections, perhaps? :)
One of the nicer yet little-heralded features of Mozilla IMO, is that it has the option not to let scripts mess around with the status bar. I like to know where that link really goes, thank you very much.
This feature prevented MSN's example links from appearing in the status bar, but remember that this technique could also have been used to make hostile links appear friendly. And I'll never know how I scored, because the site was slashdotted by the time I finished. :/
Never read Mostly Harmless or "Young Zaphod plays it Safe" before, so that'll be fun.
No, it won't be. Sorry to disappoint.
Installing MS software as root? You're a brave, brave man..
the desktop market is owned by Microsoft and this will never change
Right, just like how the computer industry as a whole is still dominated by IBM.
Ah yes, now I understand why my recently submitted story of a $400,000 grant to Sourceforge was rejected. Obviously, it just wasn't compelling news, unlike this gem. All hail michael!
Surely he meant to write BASIC instead..
10 PRINT "HELLO CRUEL WORLD!"
20 GOTO 10
Nothing like shooting the messenger. Considering the corporation we're talking about though, I really wouldn't expect anything less.b
Congress must not have grilled them enough then. The music industry practices still suck, and the tougher laws they bought are still on the books.
So we should keep them in business, or else? I think I've heard of this technique before.. ah yes, it was the mob.
I really do wonder where this is going to end. In 100 years, will people look back on this as the time when corporate greed destroyed the American music industry?
1. Open Nautilus
2. View > Side Pane (f9)
3. Select 'Tree' from the dropdown
Not too hard, eh?
Sweet