Sounds interesting! I would tend to agree with Clarence that most _useful_ JS stuff doesn't seem to do anything new, that plain HTML couldn't do. For example, the e-mail system at www.mailcity.com (lycos) seems to use JS in this way, for many of it's "buttons".
Of course, proper JS support would be better! <g> Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Clarence Verge [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 5:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Translators > > I don't have any of the originals available here for quoting, but I > had suggested that an external JS to HTML converter could be set up > and Arachne would display the result - and xChaos suggested it was > a good joke. <g> > > No joke, Michael. I realize that javascript is largely intended > to accomplish things HTML can't. > > But I think I also realize two or three other relevant things: > > One, most of us hate or don't want javascript for its capabilities, we > mostly don't WANT it at all. We NEED it to get around the difficulties > that JS laden sites impose on easy browsing. (Ok, one person wants it.;-) > > Two, most pages so annoyingly full of javascript are doing almost > nothing that HTML couldn't do except make the designer pleased with > his/her modern approach to page design. (So we won't miss anything.) > > Three, if a pipe existed that converted the convertible portions, > substituted or faked the effect of some unconvertable portions and > safely ignored the rest without pissing of the page designer, we'd > have a useful *TEMPORARY* js workaround IMO. <G> > > - Clarence Verge > - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
