From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.98.238] helo=lnx1.holmesgrown.com ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16M6Xj-0001MQ-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 07:00:19 -0500 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com (steve@lnx3.holmesgrown.com [192.168.1.5]) by lnx1.holmesgrown.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA23984 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 05:00:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 05:01:09 -0700 (MST) From: Steve Holmes To: 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: I've seen a lot of java script in forms as well; it is a good means of validating user input before it is shipped off to the host again. 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? On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > It's too bad there are no text-mode w3 browsers with some form of > JScript interpreter. The script is not just used to animate images. > I've encountered instances where it's used to pre-process user input on > forms. > > Not sure what my school is doing. When I was there, JavaScript > had > yet to be invented. Pascal was the "teaching language". If a Windows > user asks "how do I learn to program", I even suggest starting with > HTML and JavaScript. With IE or Navigator, you have a ready-made > programmiong environment. One can do all the basics in JavaScript: > pattern matching (yes, it's full 'regular expressions'), loops, if-else, > switch(), arrays, user-defined functions, etc, with > c-like syntax, but, without those pesky pointers:). In my employment > situation, I use JScript in some of my w3 content. > > > -Dave > > > On Wed, 2 Jan > 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Same here, cs101 is html and java script. > > Greg > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 10:12:49PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > > > None that I am personally aware of. Which really is too bad because colleges > > > are pushing the java script thing. > > > I don't know about the colleges in other places but around here they think > > > Java script is hot stuff. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >