Re: aPossible to Make A "Dummy" Anchor Tag **without** Jumping BackUp???

On May 2, 6:52 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT... (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote:

OK. I understand.

Sorry I am not more articulate; I'm just thinking aloud here, puzzling
through everything in "real time" and of course it's hard trying to
describe things that really ought to be seen....

Nor do you want the info to go to another page (you
can have on that page some javascript to make a very prominent "Go back
button" - the point being that if js is disabled and therefore fails,
the reader can use the back button on the browser. Just a suggestion.

I "totally" understand HTML and even CSS (well, "mostly" when it comes
to CSS) -- what's I'm really in the dark about is DHTML: the
combination of JavaScript and CSS with respect to the browser
DOM...it's like knowing a smattering of vocabulary in the language but
having no idea of the grammar!

Or perhaps you are an altogether a too cool 2008 cat for even this.

Well, it's a "lifestyle resource" and these things have to look cool
-- and on the web, *behave* cool, too....

Use
a javascript popup or perhaps a voice that comes on to read the extra
details out loud.

Oh, no: audio files are mcuh too intrusive -- I myself get a start
when suddenly a voice comes out of nowhere like that! And a regular
JavaScript pop-up, like an alert() or window.open(), is just too plain
and, frankly, echoes porn ads and spam.

Or something gimmicky like clicking triggers an auto
message to a dial a stripper agency that sends an operative to deliver
the extra with ageless style and attitude.

Talk about gimmicky, how about sitepal.com? Pretty cool, depending on
the theme of the site (those dealing with videogames, perhaps).

The thing about a strip show
is that it is even cool if it is done in 1930's style.

Well, tits and ass will always win the day. But I wish now to
implement comic book-style "thought balloons" (client-side only)...any
ideas on those? I found a piece of code I can somewhat comprehend at
http://colorado-springs.pm.org/balloonHint.html but unfortunately
there seems to be no examples of it in action, so I'm not sure how to
make it work even though I have the code!

Perhaps best not to cross post this to so many groups as JK mentioned.

Can you explain how three newsgroups is too many??

Moreover, can you explain why "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.site-
design" and "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html" shouldn't be
solicited for advice??

I really don't understand why people have a problem with that. How
does it affect their lives?? I see usenet and the internet as
resources. How does it make sense to post the same message to
different groups separately? How does it make any sense to post a
question to only one group?? Really, please explain it, 'cause I just
don't see how it detracts from anyone's actual, real-world experience
of usenet if there is cross-posting, especially relevant ones.
(Frankly, I don't even see what's the big deal with top-posting, or
posting binaries to non-binary newsgroups, but I'll save those "bones"
for another day....)

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dorayme

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Prisoner at War <prisoner_at_war (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

On May 2, 6:52 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT... (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote:

Use
a javascript popup or perhaps a voice that comes on to read the extra
details out loud.

Oh, no: audio files are mcuh too intrusive -- I myself get a start
when suddenly a voice comes out of nowhere like that!

What about a whispered voice, real low, all polite and almost
apologetic... a voice that the user would bring out a hanky and weep
for? It should be so incredibly unlikely that it gets to be the coolest
thing on the internet? No? OK, I guess not.

And a regular
JavaScript pop-up, like... window.open(), is just too plain
and, frankly, echoes porn ads and spam.

And you don't want the normal popup window that comes up with an info
panel because it is like porn? When a small js extra info window comes
up on a health insurance premium site giving details of fees and excess
payments, I do confess, it is pretty confronting, sexually speaking!

And a js created extra small window *is* so dull looking, you are right!
You can't make it nice, its very squareness is simply dull, boring, yuk,
no matter if Henri Matisse were to paint the interior of it.

Perhaps best not to cross post this to so many groups as JK mentioned.

Can you explain how three newsgroups is too many??

You seemed very keen to know about javascript and its interactions, I

would have thought a css group was not quite the right one. You were
posting to this earlier.

Actually, I am not the one to explain this to you. My friend and
confidant, Korpela, has the goods on this one. I have a conflict of
interest, you see. All too often I don't pay enough attention to the
appropriateness of different groups but I don't like anyone following me
into hell. You are an innocent prisoner, I am a hardened denizen of
killfiles and other underground tunnelling systems.

Ever see the French film, Subway?

Moreover, can you explain why "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.site-
design" and "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html" shouldn't be
solicited for advice??

I really don't understand why people have a problem with that. How
does it affect their lives??

You have not been around where I have. I have seen grown men completely
and utterly lose it when they think that people have posted
inappropriately. They have lost their wives, their children, their jobs,
they have turned to drink and many have ended up in the gutter. Yes, the
gutter. I run a soup kitchen for the likes of them - so, trust me, I
know. (btw. I learned some terrific soup recipes which I am happy to
sell to you at special rates. All in a good cause, old chap! Interested?
Got a Paypal account?)

Cheers...

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dorayme