Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: How to do a popup box Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:34:51 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: <878ub6iwqc.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <41326d5d-0202-44e4-911b-6474f8f89bc8@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="017616aa25f81ec581c44d76d61ba2f3"; logging-data="26975"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18KCTy6H2yTXzEOGhQRZ89Lcwy7eW88qJ8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3ojlKZB3lzac4vNDPpntqGn+idU= sha1:RXSJr4n7fnMn8w2Kgd5SOoN7V5E= X-BSB-Auth: 1.eb8ed1228f1ecb35dc6a.20150626113451BST.878ub6iwqc.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:28182 bit-naughty@hotmail.com writes: > Oh for God's sake - there's SEVEN replies, all filled with *this* > bullshit - if you don't want to help me, DON'T, Also some people might not have helped despite wanting to. I read your post and decided to leave it alone because I could not see clearly what the problem was. If you don't know the first thing about client-side scripting you need one sort of answer, but if you know a lot and are just having trouble with some detail, then you need another sort. Then there is the question of constraints. If it has to work on every browser ever, most of the problems will be fiddly ones of compatibility. If you have control of the browser environment the solution will be simpler. With so many variables, I know from experience that the chances of hitting on anything useful are very small. I could take the time to try to get some clarification but that is so often met with annoyance that I rarely bother these days. Your post had a couple of signs that suggested you wanted to shut down questions and just get to "the answer" so I remained silent. tl;dr: Be specific about what you know and don't know. Specify constraints. Signal that you are open to discussion. -- Ben.