Shortest date validation across every browser.

It works for any browser because the format of a bad date is decided by the browser interpreting the JavaScript, not the programmer.
<script>
function validateDate(tb) {
 var datestring = (new Date(tb.value)).toString();
 if(datestring == (new Date("bad date")).toString()) {
  // bad date code e.g.
  alert("bad date!");
  tb.select();tb.focus();
 } else {
  // good date code
  // Need to feed the result back to the TB because it might have a different result than expected.
  // for instance, a common mistake is to enter 9/31/2007 for the end of the FY - but September only has 30 days
  // so we feed it back so they see that JS Date object interpreted it as the next day: October 1.
  tb.value = datestring;
  // or
  tb.value = (date.getMonth()+1)+"/"+date.getDate()+"/"+date.getFullYear();
 }
}
</script>
<input type="text" onchange="validateDate(this)" >

Basic Event handling that works across "every" browser.

Largely undocumented, there is an implicit object named "event" passed to in-line event handlers in most non-IE browsers, and in IE the word event will refer to the window.event object, thus you get a handle to the event object in almost any browser using this technique.
The members of the object vary, but a few items are supported in most all browsers:
  • screenX/screenY
  • type
    <input onevent="handleEvent(event)" >
    <script>
    function handleEvent(e) {
    
    }
    </script>
    
    Test Mouseover Event

    Basic DHTML that works across "every" browser.

    //DHTML
    function _getElementById(id) {
     if(document.layers) {
      var item = document.layers[id];
      item.style = item;
      return item;
     } else {
      return document.all[id];
     }
    }
    if(!(document.getElementById) {
     document.getElementById = _getElementById;
    }
    //the works in Netscape 4 (if testid is absolutely positioned), Mozilla, Firefox, and IE 5, 6, and up.
    var test = document.getElementById("testid");
    //the following can be assigned in Netscape 4, Mozilla, Firefox, and IE 5, 6, and up.
    test.style.left;
    test.style.top;
    test.style.zIndex;
    test.style.visibility;
    
    // That is enough to perform just about any DHTML - 
    // just have multiple renderings, and hide and show and position them as needed.
    
    
    left: top: zIndex: visibility:
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