Only in chrome. I.e. in a Firefox extension. The capabilities of other javascript environments are very much restricted.
Martin Packer Performance Consultant IBM United Kingdom Ltd +44-20-8832-5167 +44-7802-245-584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Arthur T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: 12/05/2008 16:02 Subject: Re: Mainframe programming vs the Web On 12 May 2008 01:55:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Packer) wrote: >I hope you're not suggesting javascript is evil and to be >avoided at all costs. And I do hope you'll trust IBMLink >in that regard. Remember, you're not just trusting that IBM doesn't want to do something malicious. You're also trusting that they haven't made a mistake in their code that does something accidentally nasty. More importantly, you're also trusting that their site hasn't been hacked. Since even the sites of security gurus have been hacked, that's an awful lot of trust. Java is safe, at least theoretically, because it runs in its own virtual machine. Javascript, by design, can do damn near anything to your machine. What part of "letting a site have nearly full control of your own machine" do you think is not evil? -- I cannot receive mail at the address this was sent from. To reply directly, send to ar23hur "at" intergate "dot" com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
