On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 07:01:03PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Javascript allows us to make the user > > interface better than we otherwise could, > > I don't think this statement stands on its own. I fail to see how > an annoying popup window is "better" than having the information > presented inside the browser tab/window that I (the user) have > specifically put aside for this purpose.
Because users do not expect downloads to disk to occupy an entire browser window - rather they expect it to occupy a small window which doesn't take up much screen real-estate, as it does when downloading from the web with almost all web browsers. Ian. -- Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20021221/308410f4/attachment.pgp>
