From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.dustandson.com ([12.34.176.14] helo=postoffice.effingham.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16MBRD-0004Ot-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:13:55 -0500 Received: from keith ([12.22.137.151]) by postoffice.effingham.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-65364U4500L450S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:12:13 -0600 Message-ID: <001f01c1947a$c18abae0$9789160c@michweb.net> From: "BTBG" To: References: Subject: Re: Web Browsers with Javascript? Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:19:07 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "BTBG" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'm not fully sure of some of the things you wrote. I use JavaScripts on my web space because my ISP no longer supported the use of cgi scripts in the server. They were afraid of overloading their servers or something. I have since moved my pages to geocities where I think there are certain cgi scripts that are available. Mostly what I use are simple things like a changing Welcome message, a selection box and a button or two. If for no other reason, I think it is cool. I also have regular hyperlinks for folks who don't have a JS capable browser. from KH --- You Wrote: --- But it is not unique in this ability. And, it makes assumptions about available resources client side. So, I reject that js is somehow necessary for such things as you describe. Yes, I know, I hear this argument all the time. It comes down to large sites wanting to offload cycles to the client, rather than supporting larger capacity servers and do the work server side. But this is not a path to device independence, and is, in my view, a false economy.