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Re: lynx-dev Thinking of a Possible Javascript to html Converter
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Rob Partington |
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Re: lynx-dev Thinking of a Possible Javascript to html Converter |
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Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:40:21 +0100 |
In message <address@hidden>,
Duncan Simpson <address@hidden> writes:
>
> I would also note a lot of javascript does simple thins like validate a form
> before you submit it. Turning that into a straight form should work, albeit
> without the client side validation.
You still need the Javascript logic to know how to the submit the form
a lot of the time. This was the problem I ran into a couple of years
ago -- I got the validation working, but then couldn't get the form
sumitting part working, so it was all kinda pointless in the end.
> Arguably this is not a great loss since
> there must also be server side validation anyway for obvious security resons.
A lot of forms reconfigure themselves with Javascript nowadays when you
pick an option in a drop-down, for example. This wouldn't work.
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