[Proto-Scripty] Re: Newbee question : Compatibility with javascript 1.5
That's right, it's device app dev. The device is a Cisco DMP 4300 series Does anyone knows what are the minimum browser requirements to run Prototype and Scriptaculous Christophe Le 30 juil. 09 à 22:40, Rick Waldron a écrit : That sounds like fun... i like device app development. Can you tell us what device you're working with? That will be helpful Rick On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Christophe christophe.dec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, Apologies to everybody if my question is offending in any way, but this is my first post to such a group. I'm a occasional user of Prototype and Scriptaculous and pretty happy with these tools. However, I'm facing an issue for which I can find any answer around: I created some pages that work pretty well on modern browsers such as FF 3 or 3.5 and Safari 3 or 4, but I'm asked to make them run on some special Internet devices that run only Mozilla Firefox 1.7 with Javascript 1.5 So my question is : what are the requirements of Prototype 1.6 and Scriptaculous 1.8, will my pages run well on such an old browser. If not, is there an older version of Prototype and/or Scriptaculous that will answer my problem. Thanks in advance Christophe --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Prototype script.aculo.us group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Proto-Scripty] Re: Newbee question : Compatibility with javascript 1.5
Hi, There are the documented supported browsers: http://prototypejs.org/download Using Prototype script.aculo.us in earlier browsers will not be _supported_, but whether it'll work is more a fuzzy gray than black or white -- e.g., it will vary dramatically by feature. I expect that the $() function will work on quite a few older browsers, whereas I'd be surprised if Element#getDimensions and some of the niftier things script.aculo.us does with computed styles were reliable. In terms of *language* features, I think you're pretty safe. Prototype uses Function#apply, Function#call, the arguments array, and the special behavior of the || (OR) operator, all of which were added after the first couple of releases of the language, but it was a looong time ago. In fact, just looked it up[1], and if Wikipedia is correct we're talking 1998 or earlier for all of those. Prototype may (or may not) use some of the new array features from JavaScript 1.6 (~2005), but I suspect not (at least not 1.6.0.3) or that it has emulations of them it'll use if they're not there. If there are any missing, though, it's easy enough to add emulations to the array prototype, and in any case a quick scan through the source for the new methods will tell you. In terms of Ajax features, if you're talking Mozilla 1.7, that would be well after Gecko had XmlHttpRequest. Can't guarantee there won't be niggles, but... Bottom line is that it's unlikely to just work, but I suspect most of what you'll hit will be manageable. The joy is you have the source, and the license is not forbidding. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Versions Good luck, -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available On Jul 31, 9:09 am, Christophe Decaux christophe.dec...@gmail.com wrote: That's right, it's device app dev. The device is a Cisco DMP 4300 series Does anyone knows what are the minimum browser requirements to run Prototype and Scriptaculous Christophe Le 30 juil. 09 à 22:40, Rick Waldron a écrit : That sounds like fun... i like device app development. Can you tell us what device you're working with? That will be helpful Rick On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Christophe christophe.dec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, Apologies to everybody if my question is offending in any way, but this is my first post to such a group. I'm a occasional user of Prototype and Scriptaculous and pretty happy with these tools. However, I'm facing an issue for which I can find any answer around: I created some pages that work pretty well on modern browsers such as FF 3 or 3.5 and Safari 3 or 4, but I'm asked to make them run on some special Internet devices that run only Mozilla Firefox 1.7 with Javascript 1.5 So my question is : what are the requirements of Prototype 1.6 and Scriptaculous 1.8, will my pages run well on such an old browser. If not, is there an older version of Prototype and/or Scriptaculous that will answer my problem. Thanks in advance Christophe --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Prototype script.aculo.us group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Proto-Scripty] Re: Newbee question : Compatibility with javascript 1.5
TJ, Thanks for spending time to compile all this stuff. Looking forward to enjoy working with old browsers ;-) Just to realize how much time flies. Christophe Le 31 juil. 09 à 14:16, T.J. Crowder a écrit : Hi, There are the documented supported browsers: http://prototypejs.org/download Using Prototype script.aculo.us in earlier browsers will not be _supported_, but whether it'll work is more a fuzzy gray than black or white -- e.g., it will vary dramatically by feature. I expect that the $() function will work on quite a few older browsers, whereas I'd be surprised if Element#getDimensions and some of the niftier things script.aculo.us does with computed styles were reliable. In terms of *language* features, I think you're pretty safe. Prototype uses Function#apply, Function#call, the arguments array, and the special behavior of the || (OR) operator, all of which were added after the first couple of releases of the language, but it was a looong time ago. In fact, just looked it up[1], and if Wikipedia is correct we're talking 1998 or earlier for all of those. Prototype may (or may not) use some of the new array features from JavaScript 1.6 (~2005), but I suspect not (at least not 1.6.0.3) or that it has emulations of them it'll use if they're not there. If there are any missing, though, it's easy enough to add emulations to the array prototype, and in any case a quick scan through the source for the new methods will tell you. In terms of Ajax features, if you're talking Mozilla 1.7, that would be well after Gecko had XmlHttpRequest. Can't guarantee there won't be niggles, but... Bottom line is that it's unlikely to just work, but I suspect most of what you'll hit will be manageable. The joy is you have the source, and the license is not forbidding. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Versions Good luck, -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available On Jul 31, 9:09 am, Christophe Decaux christophe.dec...@gmail.com wrote: That's right, it's device app dev. The device is a Cisco DMP 4300 series Does anyone knows what are the minimum browser requirements to run Prototype and Scriptaculous Christophe Le 30 juil. 09 à 22:40, Rick Waldron a écrit : That sounds like fun... i like device app development. Can you tell us what device you're working with? That will be helpful Rick On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Christophe christophe.dec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, Apologies to everybody if my question is offending in any way, but this is my first post to such a group. I'm a occasional user of Prototype and Scriptaculous and pretty happy with these tools. However, I'm facing an issue for which I can find any answer around: I created some pages that work pretty well on modern browsers such as FF 3 or 3.5 and Safari 3 or 4, but I'm asked to make them run on some special Internet devices that run only Mozilla Firefox 1.7 with Javascript 1.5 So my question is : what are the requirements of Prototype 1.6 and Scriptaculous 1.8, will my pages run well on such an old browser. If not, is there an older version of Prototype and/or Scriptaculous that will answer my problem. Thanks in advance Christophe --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Prototype script.aculo.us group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Proto-Scripty] Re: Newbee question : Compatibility with javascript 1.5
That sounds like fun... i like device app development. Can you tell us what device you're working with? That will be helpful Rick On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Christophe christophe.dec...@gmail.comwrote: Hi there, Apologies to everybody if my question is offending in any way, but this is my first post to such a group. I'm a occasional user of Prototype and Scriptaculous and pretty happy with these tools. However, I'm facing an issue for which I can find any answer around: I created some pages that work pretty well on modern browsers such as FF 3 or 3.5 and Safari 3 or 4, but I'm asked to make them run on some special Internet devices that run only Mozilla Firefox 1.7 with Javascript 1.5 So my question is : what are the requirements of Prototype 1.6 and Scriptaculous 1.8, will my pages run well on such an old browser. If not, is there an older version of Prototype and/or Scriptaculous that will answer my problem. Thanks in advance Christophe --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Prototype script.aculo.us group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
