[WEB4LIB] Obnoxious IE behavior

[Donna Schumann]

I just tested, and IE 5.5 does the same thing. I also find it annoying.
FWIW

Donna

Andrew Mutch wrote:
> 
> The question about the Scout Report brought something to my attention
> that is quite annoying. In IE 6, type in "Scout Report" in your URL bar
> and see what displays. For those without IE 6, the Scout Report web site
> appears in a frame below a frame that includes this text:
> 
> "You reached this site by typing Keyword:  Scout Report in the Internet
> Explorer address bar."
> 
> with a few graphics and a link to learn more about more about Keywords.
> It turns out these are being supplied by RealNames.
> 
> What is most annoying about this is:
> 
> 1) This is the URL that appears in the browser URL bar:
> 
> http://navigation.helper.realnames.com/framer/1/262/default.asp?realname=Scout+Report&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscout%2Ecs%2Ewisc%2Eedu%2Fscout%2Freport&frameid=1&providerid=262&uid=30014543
> 
> How is this helpful to anyone but RealNames??
> 
> 2) The Scout Report site appears in this frame and it isn't immediately
> obvious how to get rid of the frame.  On the right hand side, there is
> an "X" graphic to close out the frame.
> 
> This is all around bad behavior in my view.
> 
> Andrew Mutch
> Library Systems Technician
> Waterford Township Public Library
> Waterford, MI

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