On 01-Apr-10 22:42, James B. Davis wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:47:15 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet<dd-b@xxxxxxxx>
wrote/replied to:
The secure javascript tricks are all very well, except that
security-conscious people have javascript turned off, more and more
people are browsing from mobile devices many of which don't support
javascript, people can't put them in their address book for future
reference, and so forth.
I don't have java turned off and I'm security conscious. Lord knows I've got
enough firewalls and defenders and I use Firefox as well. I can't imagine
surfing without java though. And I like the ability to auto insert a subject
line when someone clicks on my java E-Mail link. I include an image of my E-Mail
address in a few places so people can actually type it in if they don't see
Java. With the subject line auto inserted I can auto sort that mail too, a big
bonus when you've got an online business.
Confusing "Java" and "Javascript" is not a good start to convincing me
you know what you're talking about here.
An awful lot of people run No-Script in Firefox, which defaults to not
allowing all that stuff.
As for mobile devices, I've got plenty of replies from them using the java
E-Mail link, although these one line replies are getting annoying.
The problem with auto Spam controls is you could miss something important. I
can't afford that because I have a business. I do route some junk and delete
some but not that much. I'd really not want to deal with any more though, less
is better.
The problem with gimmicky non-standard controls is that you could miss
something important.
I've seen no signs I've ever missed anything even mildly interesting due
to my anti-spam processes.
Take a look at any 'professional' webpage and you won't see any mailto links.
My experience is the opposite; professionals use the standard tools, not
weird gimmicks that don't work everywhere. And they can afford the
platinum-class email filtering, so the spam isn't a worry at all. The
New York Times, for example, uses LOTS of mailto links on their contact
page (for letters to the editor, op-ed, newsroom, news tips, and so
forth, all the way up to the publisher and president.
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