Posted by Neredbojias on 07/16/06 07:31

To further the education of mankind, "Jonathan N. Little"
<lws4art@centralva.net> vouchsafed:

>> No comments on Active-X? That's the real pisser.
>
> DIE DIE DIE! How's that! Actually MS's perversion of JavaScript,
> JScript can link in the with COM and do some pretty scary things!

Don't forget, though, that po' li'l ol' Microsoft needed some way to
interface with the convolutions of their system and give the registry some
validity as well. We really shouldn't be too hard on the close-minded
because it's probably a disease like herpes.

>>> 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...
>>
>> I don't think I have any argument over all that. A browser belongs
>> under its user's control. I don't like having some idiot doing wierd
>> things via my interface, either. However, I do like using j/s to
>> enhance the styling and functionality of a page in a constructive
>> way, and that's what I do.
>>
>
> Agree, the resizing windows and the hiding of browser components is
> not desired, but form element pre-checking and interactive form
> element not requiring a server call is an efficient and desirable use.

Javascript is good for styling, too. Css doesn't do everything and j/s
makes a nice compliment to it (-the usual caveats blah blah...)

--
Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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