On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 12:18:06AM -0800, William Kendrick wrote:
>
> > Why have javascript turned off? (just curious)
>
> Having JavaScript on causes Netscape to become much more instable.
> I'd blame bad JS code, but when you do something like close a pop-up
> window, or hit the BACK button, that's NOT supposed to kill the browser!!!
>
> Also, JS can introduce a number of fun security issues in Netscape,
> especially when combined with frames and cookies. (I can dig up some
> nice stuff on Slashdot for you :) )
>
> Finally, most of the places JS is used heavily is for bad and annoying
> reasons... Pop-up windows, pages you can't "go back" from easily,
> graphics which change or appear when you simply move the mouse over something
> (hrm... I guess soon maybe we won't need mouse buttons at all! :) ).
>
> -bill!
> If it doesn't work with Lynx, the webmaster did a Bad Job(tm)
I'd STILL blame evil JS code. It is more than possible, and I've seen
it done, where if you close a popup too fast it kills the browser. It
sucks. I think future JS-using apps should disable destruction of apps
or objects (e.g., windows) which were originally insantiated by the user
(as opposed to windows instantiated automatically via a script)
Micah
