thanks djo. I feel compelled to go back to firstChild.nodeValue but innerHTML seems a much better solution (even though it's "wrong") because I like things simple.
http://www.developer-x.com/content/innerhtml/default.html
Scroll down to "Arguments for and against" for the precis. But it appears to boil down to "DOM is hard to use and powerful. InnerHTML is easy to use, widely implemented but non-standard. Your call."
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thanks djo. I feel compelled to go back to firstChild.nodeValue but innerHTML seems a much better solution (even though it's "wrong") because I like things simple.
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http://www.developer-x.com/content/innerhtml/default.html Scroll down to "Arguments for and against" for the precis. But it appears to boil down to "DOM is hard to use and powerful. InnerHTML is easy to use, widely implemented but non-standard. Your call."