[CLIS logo]

LBSC 690 - Information Technology
Spring 2008 - Section 0101
Assignment 5

This homework is due to the TA by email before the start of the sixth class session. Partial credit may be awarded.

Explanation

The JavaScript program that we looked at in class (i.e., selector.html) is a good start, but a real search tool selector would probably need to provide more options and do more sophisticated selection. It is therefore important that you learn how to modify JavaScript that you find on the Web to suit your purposes. In this assignment, you will modify selector.html in two ways, and post your modified page in your WAM account for the TA to grade.

If you have not download the page, please do so here.

Modify the Program

The library board has decided that people aged 16 and over should be treated as adults by the search tool selector. Change your copy of the page to implement this new policy.

Your library director has learned that a recent report published in the Journal of Internet Stuff has revealed that people over 40 prefer the AltaVista search engine (http://www.altavista.com), but that adults aged 40 and under prefer Google (www.google.com). Change your copy of the page to send adults to the search engine that they are most likely to like based on their age (if they select a search engine).

Link this from your 690.html Web page, and send the TA an email to let them know that it is there.

Doug Oard