-Update-
Thanks to Ian Ward who pointed out to me that the "J" after the line is meant to be a smiley...err I'd just like to say, typical of M$ to use a "non-standard" :-) way of doing it!
Was just looking at a web site that Sammiches recommended on the basis of a quite cool strikeout feature for links you've visited, when I can across this blog by Tony Chur, Group Program Manager for IE team, which contains the following paragraph:
We give users more control over their browsing experience in a few ways. First, we block most things from coming up without some user action; for instance, pages can no longer automatically start a download unless the user clicks a link or accepts the download via our new Information Bar UI. We also came up with a very original idea – popup blocking. J Sites can now no longer open windows except when the user clicks a link or button to initiate it. Similarly, sites cannot change your home page without a user click as well.
I draw your attention to the line highlighted...a Very Orginal Idea...popup blocking????errr...since when was that Original?
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It`s also a tautology. Methinks the boogerhead doth protest too much.....
there was a smiley following that sentence in the original post. it won't be visible if you don't have the Wingdings font installed:
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN>
Thanks for pointing that out, evidently FireFox wasn't displaying it, but then I'd have to ask, why resort to using a particular encoding using a font there is a chance (albeit small) that users don't have, especially when there is a pretty well established convention for smileys already? As Tony's probably gathered, its probably a little dangerous and probably not everyone (me included) will have got that...Thanks for pointing that out though.