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26th June 2002

Day 13: Using Real Links (or why you shouldn’t use javascript:). I’m ahead on this one—Scott Andrew convinced me of the dangers of javascript: a month ago and I designed my comments system with this in mind.

Posted 26th June 2002 at 2:57 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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