On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, L. C. Robinson wrote: > > Actually, adding complexity is poor security practice. Agred! > > My guess is that, as time goes on, and exploits inevitably > multiply, the surviving vendors will get more clueful, and keep > java and the like out of their pages. If not, you will no doubt > see these features included in the textmode browsers, with time > (maybe no matter what happens). I do hope you are right; it would make sense, but I don't yet see the trend reversing, and many auido sites seem also to be doing this; this bothers me more than the shopping actually! > There actually is something you could do: when an 800 number is > available, you could call them, or email them,... I actually have been doing some of this, but appreciate the additional ideas. I'm very willing to work on what I'm expressing concerns about, if I know there's something I can do. I'd like to think most of us would do what we can. -- Cheryl