Ricsi wrote:
>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.
Hmm.... IMHO the categories are:
1. They don't know about JS (pre-JS browsers)
2. They know about JS
a. JS on -> JS is interpreted
b. JS off -> Ignores JS
c. otherwise ignores JS
And Arachne tries to fit into 2c. If the browser doesn't know about JS a
script like this:
<SCRIPT>
document.writeln('Hello World!')
</SCRIPT>
Would put the text "document.writeln('Hello World!')" on the screen. I
think Netscape made an error when they didn't make the tag like this:
<SCRIPT
document.writeln('Hello World!')
>
Then any browser would be able to ignore JS succesfully without being
rewritten. But at the time they were (more or less) the only browser
company that existed so...
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
