Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 07/14/06 13:35

Neredbojias wrote:
> To further the education of mankind, "Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com>
> vouchsafed:
>
>>>> It is, and IMO javascript should never be used for styling, a page
>>>> has to look the same with & without.
>>> If css is actually used for presentational aspects only and is really
>>> dispensible as it is supposed to be then javascript can abet or even
>>> replace it (within its capabilities) to an equal degree of validity.
>> Excuse me? You're saying: if we actually can seperate content from
>> presentation, we must jam it in the scripting functionality... Which
>> is as bad or even worse (in my opinion the second).
>
> You're excused. That's not what I'm saying. I _am_ saying that javascript
> _can_ be used to enhance presentation just as equitably as can css or any
> other styling method. "Jamming things in scripting functionality' has
> nothing to do with it except to denigrate the language.
>
>> I'm one of these pesky little dudes who has javascript turned of most
>> of the time, with IMO good reason.
>
> Uh, me, too. Dimwits have abused javascript in the past and continue to do
> so to a lesser extent today. Nevertheless, the doesn't make javascript any
> less viable a styling method.

Yes and companies that artificially extended JavaScript beyond its
sandbox to save a buck on tech support and software upgrades and pack is
into a OS tools that masquerades as a web browser facilitating such
abuse....

JavaScript can be a very useful component to a webpage, HTML for
structure of content, CSS for presentation, JavaScript for user
interaction and events, server-side (Perl, PHP, ASP...) for dynamic
content... I'd like to be put back in its box, and if you want to do
some system stuff over a network, then require some app be installed and
stop doing through my web browser...

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Take care,

Jonathan
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