RE: Opening a page & submitting a form at same time, Lo-tech styl e

by Kukla Fran and Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>

Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:12:03 -0800
To:	"'HWG Techniques'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Cc:	"'Complex'" <complex_hwg(at)yahoo.com>, Klaas De Waele <klaas(at)gracegraphics.be>
In-Reply-To:	pdc
	todo: View Thread, Original

At 09:16 AM 11/30/01 +0100, Klaas De Waele wrote:
> > I am unaware of any web form that does not require some level
> > of server
> > interaction to make it operate, i.e., CGI.
>
>action=mailto:you(at)whatever.com
>
>...

This requires the dubious user dependency.  Instead of the web developer 
doing all the work to create a web form and backend scripts, it relies upon 
the user, the user's email client, the user's email server, the user's 
backend support, etc., to effect an email submission.  IMHO, it is a lazy, 
amateur and slipshod approach when it comes to web forms.

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