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A common example of how not to use scripting correctly is using it to trigger a select element to go to another URL, when the onchange event fires - but not providing an alternative for browsers without scripting - such as...

<select onchange="if (this.selectedIndex > 0) location.href=this[this.selectedIndex].value;">
  <option selected="selected">Select a page...</option>
  <option value="/">Home page</option>
  <option value="">Google</option>
  <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">BBC</option>
</select>

Which produces results such as (this select will n