000322 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Someone "just" needs to write the code to implement JavaScript
> It's definitely possible - I have a very, very, very alpha Lynx+JS.
> Unfortunately, about all it can do is validate *some* form fields
> and *sometimes* follow Javascripted links.
that's a good beginning which deserves everyone's encouragement.
> Lynx and it's internal structure weren't designed for Javascript
> which makes it a whole magnitude more difficult to bolt on after the fact.
> the internals need a radical redesign or something extraordinarily clever.
> it's possible to replace Lynx's internal idea of the page
> with Javascript objects that represent the page. It's a lot of work,
> but you get almost trivial Javascript support afterwards.
> You also get a Lynx that has to be linked with Javascript
> (although you could disable it on the pages),
> and which would be effectively a fork (unless it was well supported).
if Lynx is not to follow the dodo, it has to be reworked sometimes.
> I haven't looked at links and w3m in any great depth so far,
> but from what I've read and seen, they don't look like
> they have a much better internal design than Lynx.
it's not useful simply to have 3 semi-ok open-source browsers,
the other two of which will follow the passenger pigeon & great auk.
> Is there enough support for Javascript in Lynx to make it worthwhile?
yes definitely here. i ran into a problem this very week,
which involves `Java' -- i know that's not JS -- , but may mean `JS'.
to see it, goto www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/ , our local public library,
& try to search their catalog using Lynx. it will spit you out
on the ground that you are not using a "Java-enabled browser";
i tried to spoof Netscape, but it didn't alter the result.
since i can't even follow the link, i can't get the source
-- `d' simply gets the source of their rejection page -- ,
so i don't know just what they're doing on their search page.
this is not a commercial site, where one can go to a competitor;
i can complain to their e-address, but before i do does anyone know
whether there may be good reasons for using Java for hi-power searching
or if they might in fact be referring incorrectly to JS ?
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