Hello:
Usually, whenever Arachne encounters poorly written Java Script, she will
just display a blank page. The user may fix the problem simply by
editing the page so as to delete the offending script, and then the user
just reloads the page. (BTW, I find Arachne far superior to MSIE and
Netscape in this regard. When either of these browsers finds poorly
written Java Script, they frequently will first give the user a Java
Script error message and then they will next inform the user that "This
program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down") :-(
Yesterday this happened to me while I was using an internet work station
in a library at the University of Virginia. This system was running
Windoze 98 and the latest and greatest version of Netscape.
If the tags signalling the beginning and ending of the Java Script are
in compliance with standards, then Arachne will simply ignore the JS and
display the page anyway. This is the way things should be.
To adhere to standards, what are the acceptable methods to indicate on a
web page the beginning and ending of JS?
Does anyone think that it may be possible, practical, or feasible for
ISPs to monitor web pages for standards compliance so as to not permit
the posting of pages that are not "standards-compliant" with respect to
use of proper tags? I think the www community would be very grateful to
ISPs that would do this.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
