> I'm forwarding this to the lynx-dev list. > [ Please forward to the other list; cross-posting mailing lists is not a good idea. ]
The problem is not Ecmascript so much as: - the document object model; - the browser object model; - Microsoft "marked safe for scripting" ActiveX controls. None of these are specified by ECMA, and only some of the document object model (see below) is specified by W3C; browser object models are specific to browsers and ActiveX is Microsoft's technology. > > correct; (2) turn to development of accessibility of Xwindows (am I > > correct in the impression that javascript is being used in X with > > graphically-oriented browsers or am I mistaken about this?), or (3) save ECMAScript together with most of W3C Document Object Model level 1 and a lot of of level 2 are implemented by Mozilla and therefore Netscape 6. This also implements the ill defined Document Object Model 0, which is essentially the document object model and browser object models from early Netscapes. Netscape 4 also runs on X and implements the Netscape 4 document and browser object models. Mozilla does, I believe, have an accessibility sub-project, but this might relate to the Microsoft Active Accessibility API. However, the sort of sites that cause you problems are also likely to fail on Mozilla, as they often mis-identify it as Netscape 4+ and attempt to use the proprietory Netscape models rather than the W3C ones (which are also supported by IE 5+). > > regular occurrence for me to go to some site that was accessible a week or > > two ago and find that it is now "new and improved"--and inaccessible. Such sites are also denying themselves to people who, or whose emloyers, are security conscious. I've seen reports that there are 6 open security holes in IE6 that are scripting related (most browser security problems require scripting, even if the flaw is in ActiveX components). I can probably give you a URL for the USENET thread, but I can't verify the details. ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
