Hi
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> Like everyone else on this list, I too have a problem with Java
SH> script.
SH> I have a major problem with it because, not only is it not compliant
SH> with Arachne,
it's the other way round ...
_Arachne_ is not compliant with JS
SH> but it is a Gate$ware crasher as well.
?? JavaScript was invented by Netscape Corporation
(it was named LiveScript, and because of some extremely silly
considerations was renamed to JavaScript)
Java is a platform _INDEPENDANT_ (eg the EXACT opposit of Gate$ware ...) OO
programming language
SH> With Arachne it doesn't perform as badly as it does on Gate$ware
SH> because Arachne is trained to simply ignore it inasmuch as possible.
?? I don't know the exact definition of Gate$ware ...
But I haven't seen any browser that has THAT MUCH trouble with JS.
All browsers fall into 2 categories.
1) they don't know JS; and therefore ignore it (JS is embedded in tags, so
they do automatically ignore it.)
2) they know JS.
2a) JS is turned on -> JS is interpreted
2b) JS is turned of -> JS is ignored.
Arachne falls in category 1.
BUT it has big problems ignoring JS. (category 2b has absolutely _NO_
problems)
SH> On Gate$ware it frequently causes your machine to display the "blue
SH> screen of death".
Don't you mean Java ??
I have never heared of BSODs because of JavaScript.
[...]
The crappy design of windows (especially 9x) has nothing to do with your
browser.
SH> You would think that Bill Gates would do something about the problem
SH> and train his Window$ware to simply ignore Java script.
You can simply turn of JS, and this works perfectly !!
(And to be honest, I use JS in Linux and Windows with NS, and NEVER ever
had any problems with that ... except with arachne)
Why should Bill Gates train Windows to ignore JS ??
It's the other way round ... Michael Pollak is training Arachne to
understand JS !!
SH> The problem with Java script would come to an end and web-site
SH> developers would immediately abandon it if all operating system
SH> developers should design into their systems some programming routines
SH> to ignore it.
SH> Without Java script everybody would be happy, even the windozers!
I don't see your point ??
Why should we abandon JS ?? Only because Arachne has problems with it.
(which are caused ba bugs in arachne, and not by JS)
Most people (OS independant) are already happy with JS.
And if they are not, they are able to disable it, and will never be bugged
again.
SH> All the best,
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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