tedster - 6:17 am on Nov 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Well, the crickets are pretty loud in here, too, aren't they?

I'm no javascript guru, but I have done some research about this issue. Does this page from dev.opera.com offer any help? In particular, this quote caught my eye:

Nested Events There is a special case where events are not sequenced, but nested. If an event is fired explicitly through script using the dispatchEvent()-method (fireEvent() in Internet Explorer), the event is dispatched immediately. The initial script will only continue when the dispatched event has finished (and the default action has executed). [dev.opera.com...]