Infrequently Noted

The event handler problem is (more or less) solved. Instead of the hacked up solutions I was proposing below, I’ve come up with a (possibly) better hacked up solution. What I’m proposing is that NW should define all event handlers needed to run the environment page for the page writer. No fuss, no ungodly long [...]

Good ideas are rarely convenient. I’ve been trying to figure out ways to clean up the requirements that NW places on body tags for pages. Similarly, I’ve been trying to figure out ways to make keystroke events fire for the “selected” component, and nothing else, and today it hit me. Instead of writing: onLoad=”__NW_env__.init();” onmousemove=”__NW_env__.setCurrXY(event); [...]

I think I’m going to be sick. I just watched a CNN report on “cyber terrorism” that was so one-sided and rah-rah-FBI that I almost threw the remote control through the TV. No mention of free speach. No mention of civil liberties consequences. Just “we need to protect our infrastructure by any means necessaray” type [...]