"New" Washington State DOR website

bkeyport at qwest.net bkeyport at qwest.net
Fri Nov 9 15:58:03 PST 2001


>	This is because they are trying to be cute and position the 
>new window, rather than doing the standard thing and just giving it 
>a size. And then they are using a relative location in a JavaScript 
>keypath that is semi-undefined... in other words, they are shooting 
>themselves in the foot trying to make the client do things that 
>either are pointless, or should be done on the server (where things 
>are predictable!).
>	They also have a really stupid while loop in there for no 
>apparent reason... I could see a bug in it looping a client forever 
>(spawning an infinite number of error windows). Whoever did this is 
>just cutting their teeth on Web Apps, and eventually (hopefully) 
>will learn...

Sadly, I doubt it.

This is the same web group that designs the web based Electronic 
Filing system for state sales tax.

It's horribly innefficent, and horribly heavy on Javascript.

This is what Washington State has become. Enjoy! :|
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