var syncMessage = dojo.byId("dot-sync-messages");
if(syncMessage){// when used with Google Gears pre-release in Firefox/Mac OS X,// the browser would crash when testing in Moxie// if we set the message this way for some reason.// Brad Neuberg, bkn3@columbia.edu//syncMessage.innerHTML = message;while(syncMessage.firstChild){
syncMessage.removeChild(syncMessage.firstChild);
}
syncMessage.appendChild(document.createTextNode(message));
}