From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lina.host4u.net ([216.71.64.105]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16M8z7-0006oA-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 09:36:45 -0500 Received: from lbear (mail@12-237-122-156.client.attbi.com [12.237.122.156]) by lina.host4u.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g03EbUD07291 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:37:30 -0600 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by lbear with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16M94r-00062C-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 08:42:41 -0600 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:42:41 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@lbear To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Web Browsers with Javascript? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > .... I don't > think java script is necessarily so bad, I just wish some of the text-only > browsers' developers would consider looking into supporting it. Java is > publically available, isn't it? Before the waters get so muddy one can't get out of the mire: java and javascript share only a name. Well javascript borrows heavily from java in it syntax, but it is *NOT* java. And jscript is the m$ implimentation of javascript with their extensions (and resulting security holes). Javascript was designed by netscape. I don't think it is called javascript anymore as Sun took legal action to stop it as it confuses people and impeeds the adoption of java. Everything needed to include support for javascript is available for implimentation in a web browser without need of royalty payments though. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net One of the most overlooked advantages to computers is... If they do foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little. -- Joe Martin