Javascript hasn't been a problem as far as cross-browser development goes for some time, in my experience anyway. I can't remember the last time I wrote code that worked on one browser and not another.
Oh wait, I take that back... I remember something about IE's substring method not working like Netscapes. But, as Jason said, if you are using modern versions, or even relatively recent ones, you probably won't have any problems as far as the scripting goes. The DOM models still have a fair degree of different, that's where you can sometimes run in to problems. Yes, coding to standard DOM will cut that down a bit, but even still you'll have to think lowest common denominator sometimes. The days of huge code branches and/or whole different code bases are, thankfully, gone (well, largely gone anyway). Some minor branching here or there, while annoying, are far from the problems we used to have in any case. -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Mon, April 18, 2005 12:55 pm, Jason King said: > Woodchuck wrote: > As soon as IE becomes open source we can start that. Until then, or > until IE's market share drops into single digits we're forced to deal > with browsers as a given. Besides, much of the visceral dislike for > javascript is based on older browsers that were not at all consistend. > Trying to write cross-browser IE4-NS4 javascript is often an exercise in > frustration. In the IE6 - Moz 1.7 Firefox 1.0x (sorry I'm not a Mac guy > so I don't know the current ver for its browser) most problems can be > avoided by using DOM compliant code rather than IE specific code. This > ain't yer daddy's DHTML. > >>sorry, i couldn't resist >.< >> >>actually, why don't we address this problem at the source rather than >>using this javascript patch solution? (at least this is how i see it) >> >>why don't the browser makers build internal mechanisms to allow posting >>of forms without the need to refresh the html page? why don't we >>re-architect the browswer and address this problem (and others) at that >>fundamental level? >> >>is this not conceivable? >> >>woodchuck >> >> >>--- Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>JavaScript provides a client side rather developed engine in >>>JavaScript as well as Flash, etc. This is merely a resource. The >>>"yuck, ptooey! ptooey" response to these ideas, especially ones in >>>production and successful for quite a while, strikes me as rather >>>less >>>than professional. I think it is interesting that JavaScript, which >>>I >>>have avoided like the plague, has kept building a market despite a >>>lot >>>of prejudice from people like myself, not to mention Woodchuck. >>>///;-) >>> >>>On 4/18/05, Woodchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>eeewwww... javascript... >>>> >>>>yuck, ptooey! ptooey!! >>>> >>>> >>>>--- "Vic Cekvenich (netsql)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Stéphane Zuckerman wrote: >>>>> if this were to be integrated in Struts, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>my life would be easier. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>I too will now check it out. >>>>> >>>>>.V >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>__________________________________ >>>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>>Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! >>>>http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>"You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its >>>back." >>>~Dakota Jack~ >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>__________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! >>http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
