Why? Quite simply, for your protection. Most servers will place "cookies" on your computer to track your actions. But cookies can be malicious, and many people prefer not to use them. So we have decided to use JavaScript instead. This allows the security-conscious user to view the scripts before executing them, and gives you the peace of mind of knowing that we NEVER write anything on your computer.
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Tell Me More... In a traditional computer program, the application has control over the sequence of events. The user must complete certain steps before proceeding. The internet, because it uses "stateless connections", does not allow that type of control. Most Web applications get around this by writing data on your hard drive to track the current state of the application. But this ability has been misused, usually due to carelessness, but sometimes deliberately. This has been known to result in security breaches, such as disclosure of credit card information. CHA has chosen a better way. We track actions in our database program, but this means that the application must act like the traditional programs where there are no "surprises". Actually, our programs are just as flexible as any other, except that the browser's navigation buttons may not be used. To make sure that never happens, we use JavaScript to open our application in it's own window without the navigation buttons. We also use it to display some of our help screens, so that they may be kept open while still using the program. That's it! CHA values your privacy and security, and we have gone to great lengths to protect them. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to explain the reasons for our methods.
