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I concur. If I had a nickel for every clueless person who makes more money than me, I would make more money than I do. Cary On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > >> I just registered for an overflow block room at >> https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=7466136 >> >> I noticed when I got to the Guest Details page that there was a >> checkbox in the Contact Information block -- "Yes, I'd like to be >> notified…" -- which was checked (not surprising) and not changeable >> (that was surprising). Peeking at the code, I noticed that the form >> tag had the words, "checked" and "disabled". >> >> Now, since nobody could be so slimy as to do this intentionally >> (right?). I helped them out by using my in-browser editor to correct >> this oversight, because I wouldn't want them to waste electrons >> sending me email that I don't want. > > Unless they're doing something to un-disable the form when you submit, > there shouldn't be an issue in most browsers, as the 'disable' also implies > 'don't bother sending when submitting'. > > It's implied in the HTML4 spec, but I don't know if it's required behavior: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.12 > > > Now, if they had set it 'readonly', then yes, you should worry. Or that > whoever made the form doesn't know what they're doing, and as I've > often found out, those people seem to get paid way more money than > I do even though they're clueless. > > > -Joe > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com