Remember that originally MS licenced Java from Sun. They did not want to pay them any more so in release I believe Win 1998 came out with their 'proprietary' java. They have since argued in Court that they do not monopolize, so until her Honour decides the remedy that is where you are. MS manipulates file formats and calls with each Win release at will so as to force the unknow on the unsuspecting to upgrade Win all the time.
philcleve
Antonio Gallardo Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
I agree with you Dieter, but dont agree to use closed Microsoft specificn
extension to JavaScript. I think this is why many people dont like
JavaScript, because there are many sites that always tell us:
"You dont have MS IE installed Please download the it!".
But this is not a valid reason to tell that JavaScript is not fair. Javascript
is just a language to embed into HTML nothing more. But if you got into the
close web of Microsoft in around JavaScript, then we will lose.
I never hear someone telling that C or C++ even Java is not a good language
just becaused they are closed to MS. This is ridiculous! But you will got
into the MS tramp if you use the libraries (or sometimes called "extensions)
of the specific language.
There are many JavaScript libraries that works fine in Netscape or Mozilla
compatible browsers. That means that are not tied to a specific browers or
company.
I hope you can got my point about that.
Regards,
Antonio Gallardo.
El Martes, 27 de Agosto de 2002 07:38, Dieter Simader escribi�:
> Frontends for the browser are split up. At the moment there are two
> directories which run code depending on which browser you use.
>
> bin/mozilla runs the framed version, run of the mill straight html
> bin/lynx is for the lynx browser
> most everything is linked to bin/mozilla except the menu
> is different
>
> bin/js is intended for Javascript code.
> bin/xterm is intended for the perl/Tk port
> bin/console is intended for a straight console port
>
> This way you are not forced to use any particular browser. If there will
> ever be something specific for IE then I can always add bin/ie and have
> all the IE code in this directory.
>
>
> Dieter Simader htt p://www.sql-ledger.org (780) 472-8161
> DWS Systems Inc. Accounting Software Fax: 478-5281
> =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever ===========
>
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, John Summerfield wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:03, Dieter Simader wrote:
> > > mozilla is a catch all do GUI browser framed frontend
> > >
> > >
> > > The Javascript port will go into bin/js and if one wants to run
> > > Javascript then you'd pass terminal=js The menu, which is something
> > > like your traditional "File", "Edit" pulldown menu on top is done but
> > > it requires a lot of horsepower to run.
> >
> > Please do not confuse the name of the browser with capabilities it might
> > have. I can't use my bank's Internet banking website because it uses
> > javascript with special processing for IE and Netscape and no default.
> > The result is a blank page.
> >
> > Even js-capable browsers may have it turned off.
> >
> > I support the notion of supporting Javascript, but don't tie its use to
> > any browser. If someone comes up with a js-capable lynx, let them use it
> > with no messing around.
>
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