LYNX-DEV handling Javascript (was mensa etc)

[Philip Webb]

980407 Wayne Buttles wrote: 
> On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Doug Kaufman wrote:
>> Try getting info on the Ricoh Internal SCSI CD-RW from *THIS* page:
>>  www.ricohcpg.com/product/media/index.html 
>> This is another of those javascript pages
>> where you need to look at the unrendered html to get the URL.
> there could be some javascript hacks using the concept of imagemap code
> as a base, but javascript is usually  <!-- commented out --> .
> does lynx do anything with text that is in comments
> or does it just throw it away until the other end shows up? 
 
this is the 2nd time recently that this Javascript problem has hit us;
i suggested Lynx should insert a warning, but purists gagged as usual.
the Ricoh page shows there is a serious problem about URLs,
which will probably become more common.
wouldn't it be simple to have Lynx handle Javascript
so that the user is warned & the URLs are given,
at least in the References at the end or the Listed URLs key?
this would follow the principle i suggested the other day,
that Lynx is a real fast auto, but needs better shocks for bad roads.

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