BTW, this particular example doesn't require Javascript, but rather
detects whether Javascript is enabled (that's what the
<noscript></noscript> is for).

On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 15:11, Philipp Siegert wrote:
> > There might be something with web bugs.  I figure such a bug is one of
> > the few (good) ways of really telling if the user has Javascript
> > enabled.  Maybe it can do double duty with cookies too?  Maybe if
> > someone doesn't have a session set, send them their new session ID, and
> > something like:
> >
> > <script language="JavaScript"><!--
> > document.write('<img src="/JavascriptBug?SID=%s&JS=yes" height=0
> > width=0>');
> > //--></script>
> > <noscript><img src="/JavascriptBug?SID=%s&JS=no" height=0
> > width=0></noscript>
> 
> I don't think that Javascript is a good idea to solve this problem. Most 
> people I know disable cookies for privacy reasons. They often disable 
> Javascript for security reasons, too. There are even some computer magazines 
> which advise their users to disable both techniques. The main reason to use 
> an intelligent session management is IMHO to give nearly ALL users the 
> ability to use a webware based system.
> 
> Philipp
> 
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