Knowing nothing about javascript, and having heard about a M$ version of it
that is not 100% compatible with js, I went to M$'s web site the other day
and did a search on "javascript." I didn't have time to study the material
in depth, but I recall some examples of how js is supposed to be ignored by
browsers not capable of reading js or with js disabled.
One technique, IIRC, is to have the js included in an HTML comment, i.e.:
<script language = javascript>
<!-- This is the beginning of a comment
javascript
this is the end of the comment -->
</script>
Supposedly, HTML compliant browsers will ignore everything in the comment,
but javascript compliant browsers will not and will perform the javascript
operations.
I have seen some pages written with the terms, "cs" and "css,"
(Coffeescript?) that also seem to give trouble.
As I said, I know nothing about javascript, therefore, I can talk freely
about it <G>. However, like others, I *would* like Arachne to either be able
to *ignore* js or to be *capable* of js. Too many sites now routinely use js
for use to continue to campaign against it. (Don Quixote jousting against
windmills!)
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
