Oops, how did that get there?

misterq · 20-05-2003 5:19pm #1

Ok, so I'm on the Eircom web site, filling in a change of contact details form (on the off chance it's submission will be read) because they didn't hear me spell out my name over the phone the two times I called, and I viewed the source because I have spent 10mins trying to fill out forms on Eircom.ie before only to have a stupid javascript refuse to believe me.

I noticed the following code:
From Eircom.ie

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://www.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-menu">
<SELECT NAME="worldwide" SIZE="1" ONCHANGE="location.href=this.form.worldwide.options[this.form.worldwide.selectedIndex].value">
<OPTION selected VALUE="index.html">make a selection...
<option>
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.eircom.ie/AtHome/Products/brouchures.html">eircom brochures
etc, etc, etc
</SELECT>
</FORM>

Compare this to a fairly obscure site called Apple.com

<form method="POST" action="http://www.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-menu">
<table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr align="center">
<td width="300">Visit other Apple sites around the world:</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>
<select name="worldwide" size=1 onchange="location.href=this.form.worldwide.options[this.form.worldwide.selectedIndex].value">

I hope those Eircom lawyers fire a "cease and desist" at that terrible Apple crowd who are plagiarising Eircom's hard work!

At least I'm beginning to understand why half of Eircom's online forms don't work properly: Apple haven't done the code for them yet!

R