It's important not to mix up java and javascript - which are two very very very VERY different technologies that have coincidentally similar names.
Incidentally, the built-in browser originally supported both javascript and Flash content -- at least under Windows -- (I may have spent one or two dull in-world meetings playing the Grow games through the builtin browser). I assume there was a good reason at the time that it was subsequently disabled. I am understandably curious, of course, as to whether Webkit solves whatever issue is was that caused the decision to disable Flash content support, or whether that remains a general problem. Bill Windwalker wrote: > Is it not safe to not use JAVA scripting at all? > if i remember in the past Java did have some problems with what people > can do with it. > I have to think what if and that what if pops a number of times in a day. > > Like a little bug i ran in to and had no clue what made it happen. > i hate to think what IF? the java opens up πιθος /pithos think what if../ > > // > > /The old mean xstorm Radek/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Whump Linden <[email protected]> > *To:* Anna Gulaev <[email protected]> > *Cc:* SL-Dev <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:12:38 PM > *Subject:* Re: [sldev] New to the list with a complicated question. > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Anna Gulaev <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, Whump. Is there a reason you recommend against sniffing headers > for the > > user agent? I recognize that some people run browsers that allow them to > > change this, but they are few and they likely don't spoof it to look > like > > the SL browser, and if they do, not displaying flash for them > probably won't > > cause them physical harm :-) > > Yes, one is the user agent spoofing issue, where someone could claim > to be UA with more capabilities than the actual UA has. > > The other is future-proofing. > > If lack of JavaScript is a concern, there are methods for displaying > alternative content that don't require JavaScript. > > Fortunately, WebKit has been implementing some of the HTML5 draft > specification, which makes embedding and displaying alternative > content much easier. > > -- whump > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges -- Tateru Nino Contributing Editor http://massively.com/ _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
