on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 08:13:45PM -0800, Krzys Majewski (majewski@cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
> Nate Amsden <aphro@aphroland.org> writes:
>
> > when exactly does it hang? ive seen a lot of hangs on startup if a
> > working DNS is unreachable.
> >
> > nate
> >
> > Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > >
> > > Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making
> > > all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly
> > > potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris
>
> Not on startup. Seems to have a preference for certain pages. The most
> recent offender had a java applet, though I managed to load that page
> successfully just now.
>
> The only thing I really need javascript for (and probably the only
> thing I really need netscape for), is my bank. Although this is
> academic for now, anybody know if there are alternatives to javascript
> for this type of content ("choose account", "choose creditor", "enter
> amount", etc.)?
Javascript is unnecessary, inconsistantly implemented across browsers,
often a source of instability, not available on many browsers, quite
possibly an access impediment for disabled users (a legal issue in the
US with the Americans with Disabilities Act), and a security risk
(client side, not server side). Check that last point. It's a security
risk server-side if the client manages to misrepresent data.
I advise any businesses I deal with that I don't use Javascript and
won't enable it to access their content. It's very strongly
discouraged.
Somewhat happily surprised to see that WFB (in followup) uses
exclusively server-side processing.
Fundamental to HTML are authentication, data submission, and secure
protocols methods. These should be used, not broken, glitzy,
unnecessary chrome.
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