Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 12:52:49 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> Cc: "Walter C. Pelissero" <walter@pelissero.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011101125020.04a44100@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011101095903.B43740@jake.akitanet.co.uk> References: <20011031210224.A710-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> <15328.13403.591620.246277@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> <20011031210224.A710-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net>
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At 02:59 AM 11/1/2001, Paul Robinson wrote: >Had you considered that there was a load of Javascript or even Java that was >supposed to be running on your machine to help keep the underlying >functionality of the site going, and that because you're not running it, you >are going to cause problems for yourself, and potentially for the site >admins? I have the right to choose what runs and does not run on my machine. I generally turn off Java and JavaScript because both are usually used to add needless and wasteful flash to Websites at the expense of worthwhile content. >Browser compatability testing, believe it or not, is often not there >entirely for your sake - it's sometimes there for people like us, on the >backend. It's to ensure that the javascript and Java VM stuff is where you >expect it to be (in the browser) and that it behaves the way you expect it >to behave. This is particularly important in banking applications. Java and JavaScript are both so unreliable and insecure that it is very important, in banking applications, NOT to use either. --Brett GLass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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