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From: Dr J R Stockton on 4 Aug 2010 15:14
In comp.lang.javascript message <1e772309-2bfa-4606-bd03-af8288b57309(a)w1
5g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, Tue, 3 Aug 2010 03:16:44, David Mark
<dmark.cinsoft(a)gmail.com> posted:
>On Aug 2, 4:03�pm, Dr J R Stockton <reply1...(a)merlyn.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>> In comp.lang.javascript message <7a517db8-8c3f-43dc-a95e-3b548d5a7b4f(a)a4
>> g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:38:51, David Mark
>> <dmark.cins...(a)gmail.com> posted:
>> >On Jul 31, 3:14�pm, Dr J R Stockton <reply1...(a)merlyn.demon.co.uk>
>> >wrote:


>> >> And in
>> >> effect I get free publicity when all your fans read this thread.
>>
>> >I thought you weren't promoting it?
>>
>> No; but in effect you are.
>
>If disparaging equates to promoting in your mind.

Disparaging is considered unimportant when done by those who do little
else. The first aim of intentional promoting is to give knowledge of
existence,



>> >You don't know what my domain is?!
>>
>> No. �I could guess; but I don't remember. �The way to indicate a page is
>> to give a URL; or, if the site be known, a relative location.
>
>Or you could use Google. Last I checked "My Library" yielded Google's
>#1 and mine #2. And they said that name would never work. :)

I could. But one who wants to cite a specific cite and page should give
the URL, which he will know.



>It's not an application (like yours). It's a demonstration of
>progressive enhancement. And yes, it is documented as such:-

So you think people should read _your_ documentation, then.



>> "(Code will appear hear when popup is shown)" - I do dislike noisy
>> popups; and it's surely not like you to omit a semicolon.
>
>The test in question is for the Alert add-on. It's not a popup window
>but a DIV-based dialog. So whether you dislike it or not, that's what
>it tests. ;)

Maybe so. But are all of the words quoted above, including spelling,
the ones that they ought to be?



>> Also, when setting a sans-serif font, one should avoid words like
>> "corners" because that will look so very like "comers".
>
>I'm not writing that word (or others like it) out of my vocabulary to
>suit some font.

But it is _your_ choice of font or family; not the one I chose for my
browser. To ensure legibility by most users, one should use for routine
text only the reader's choice of fixed-pitch and proportional fonts at
the reader's choice of size. Variation is acceptable for relatively-
sized larger fonts.

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