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Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?
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Matt Ackeret |
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Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support? |
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:13:56 -0800 (PST) |
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Henry Nelson wrote:
>"Irritating" is putting it mildly. As you say, it's downright criminal
>in certain cases. I have javascript turned off, too, and if I can't get
>the information I need, I do make a point of writing the people. In most
>cases, though, it is actually a blessing to not have commercial sites
>whipping me off somewhere I don't want to go to.
>
>> (In my opinion, about 80% of the JavaScript out there is totally
>> unnecessary, and 19 of the remaining 20% is due to lazy programming.)
>
>DITTO!!!!!!!!!!! (Sorry, just had to get it out of my system.)
Egads, I can't believe I'm actually semi-defending Javascript.
I think that *most* of it is crap, but there have been some times when
it is used well on a site.
the one I can think of is www.dvdpricesearch.net.. aah, I think
bmgmusicservice.com uses a lot of javascript too now.
I also used to hate frames, but a semi-good example of frames
is http://corona.bc.ca/films/filmlistingsFramed.html
(I say semi-good because it still ticks me off that I can't go back to
the "date" lookup and have it still selected to the one I previously
used.. But the other advantages of the frame list were better than the
non-framed version.)
ANYHOW, my main reply was actually about filtering. Personally, as long
as I have "create new windows" turned off in iCab's preferences,
JavaScript can be useful. (And in the Preferences, I can turn ON that
ability for the few sites where I need/want it.)
Basically -- I would say that LIMITED Javascript can be better than no
Javascript (and _is_ in a few examples). Heck, I go to a bunch of these
sites with GUI browsers only because the CLI borwsers can't handle the
Javascript.
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- Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, (continued)
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, A. R. Vener, 2002/03/05
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, Miles O'Neal, 2002/03/05
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, Harland Christofferson, 2002/03/05
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, Henry Nelson, 2002/03/05
- Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?,
Matt Ackeret <=
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, Henry Nelson, 2002/03/05
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, Philip Webb, 2002/03/06
Re: lynx-dev latest status on java script support?, Harland Christofferson, 2002/03/06