Hi, The javascript required message should ask user to use compatible default browser:
> 'Sorry, you must have JavaScript to use this page.' does not explain that to use the 'help desk' search under windows you should change your default browser. Suggested text: > 'Sorry, you must have JavaScript to use this page. > Javascript is disabled for local files in Internet Explorer. Please change > your default browser to one that supports javascript in local files. > Suggestions: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome.' > We should probably also mention this on the documentation home page, in the 'getting started' document and in 'DrRacket: Programming Environment<http://docs.racket-lang.org/drracket/index.html?q=F1> '. Kind regards, Stephen On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM, YC <[email protected]> wrote: > If I recall correctly there were suggestions to serve the help pages > through a local web server - was that tried and rejected? > > Thanks, > yc > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Eli Barzilay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Four minutes ago, Jordan Schatz wrote: >> > This is the only way I am aware of to get IE to automatically run JS >> > in local files: >> > >> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749149(WS.10).aspx >> > (keep reading, it starts there but the important bit is a couple >> > paragraphs down) >> >> There are two things there, which both don't work: one is to disable >> the whole thing, which means that you give up all proection making it >> a non-solution. The other (the "Mark of the Web" ridiculousness) >> seemed like a promising direction, but I remember that there were some >> bad issues with that too. >> >> [IMO, they could have made things much better by making all local >> pages behave as if they had that mark thing (which makes it impossible >> to lead to security issues like reading local files), and only pages >> that need more access would lead to asking the user for permission. >> It seems like that would have been easier, since it makes the whole >> local machine zone lockdown unnecessary...] >> > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > -- -- Stephen De Gabrielle [email protected] Telephone +44 (0)20 85670911 Mobile +44 (0)79 85189045 http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen
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