* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curt Olson) [2003.10.15 14:05]: > Cameron Moore writes: > > I said "One way..." And BTW, I agree. I only use JS when I have no > > other choice. To me the only other choice is having a separate > > "graphical" page for each ftp mirror, which I don't particularly like > > either. > > > > So why not JS? One can assume that anyone using the GRAPHICAL interface > > will have a GRAPHICAL browser, so bye-bye lynx/links. One can also > > assume that only hardcore/anal users will have JS disabled, and they > > will be more than skilled enough to ftp to the mirrors on their own > > without the need to use the graphical interface. > > > > I could work on a prototype if you will consider it, but if it's gonna > > get shot down just due to the fact that it's JS, I won't bother. It > > can't be any worse than python. ;-P > > If you can make the magic happen in JS, I'd be willing to enable JS to > test it out ... :-) If it works well enough, I'd consider switching > the page to use it. This doesn't address the same problem with the > other source/binary release files, but it's a start. Perhaps we could > also keep the current page as a backup? As in, if this page seems > empty, useless, or broke in your browser, click here for an alternate > less fancy interface.
My suggestion for using JS was because of the whole mirroring thing. We could do something server-side, but then our mirrors will have to be able to handle it. I assume we are constrained to using only client-side stuff. > > My 20-month old son likes "SpongeBobSquarePants" too (yes, it all > > one word). Umm...did you edit my reply? I meant "SpongeBobPants". My son leaves out the Square part. It's funny...but, I guess you have to be there. > I'm imagining an episode where SpongeBob accidently gets cvs write > access to the flightgear project ... or even just signs up to our > mailing lists ... :-) Or he finds FG and tries it out only to find that he can't figure out how to make it work. So he emails the project leader (you) or the FAQ maintainer (me) personally to ask a question that belongs on the mailing list. We tell him to ask the list and his gets his feelings hurt and it just snowballs from there. ;-) -- Cameron Moore / If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around \ \ to see it, do the other trees make fun of it? / _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
