Re: Missing pictures
by Charles A Upsdell <cupsdell(at)upsdell.com>
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:51:41 -0500 |
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hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org |
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David Jones <dvjones(at)ksbe.edu> |
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co e3p3r8 |
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> > You could abandon all the unnecessary Javascript overload
> > and not have popups and show the images on their own
> > pages.
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>Yep, and then have to maintain a whole bunch of
>separate pages. Or simply link to the image and let the
>browser display it, sans any navigation or information
>other than the browser's back button. In both cases, I
>think that Javascript in this case provides a better user
>experience, not "unnecessary overheard."
A server-side solution would be good here. E.g. you could make a script
(Perl, ASP, whatever) that is given an image filename, height, width, and
some text, and that generates the appropriate page. One simple script; no
separate pages.
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