RE: [hwg] Link removal script??

Here here...let's leave the soapboxes in DC and Fla.  I really don't care if
someone doesn't like JS. This group is for help when you happen to be using
a language, and are stuck, or are lookin gfor direction as to which solution
to use, not someone's flaming over client side solutions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-languages(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-languages(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Peter Benoit
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 8:30 AM
> To: 'fozz(at)xmission.com'
> Cc: hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
> Subject: RE: [hwg] Link removal script??
>
>
> OK Fozz or Doran or whomever you are,
>
> I don't know what's buggin you, but the original post was a question that
> delt with removing links in Javascript, not some server side solution.  If
> they had asked for as much, I would have provided it.
>
>
>
> *  -----Original Message-----
> *  From: Doran Barton [mailto:fozz(at)xmission.com]
> *  Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 6:05 PM
> *  To: Peter Benoit
> *  Cc: 'Laurie_Sweet(at)otpp.com'; hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
> *  Subject: Re: [hwg] Link removal script??
> *
> *
> *  Peter Benoit wrote:
> *  >
> *  > Well comparing dates can be a sticky issue, especially
> *  since different
> *  > countries format dates differently.  But if this isn't
> *  mission critical
> *  > "stuff" then I wouldn't worry too much about it.  A quick
> *  explanation of
> *  > what you probably saw was not javascript removing an image
> *  after a date, but
> *  > just not writing it to the page after that date.  Here's a
> *  quick example I
> *  > just whipped up of what your probably after.
> *  >
> *  > view-source:http://www.iguy.net/dev/JS/compare_dates.htm
> *  >
> *  > Just change the dates and test it.  Note that getFullYear() isn't
> *  > universally accepted, there are some nice tutorials on the
> *  web on how to get
> *  > around that issue.
> *  >
> *  > It's an example, take it for what it's worth.
> *
> *  This is exactly why I *never* use or recommend the use of
> *  Javascript or
> *  ANY client-side scripting if what you're doing is critical
> *  to your site.
> *  Rollovers, on the other hand, don't affect the accessibility,
> *  navigatability or functionality of your site. They just make
> *  it more...
> *  fun.
> *
> *  So, for things like this where you can't depend on the browser (They
> *  might have Javascript turned off. They might have a
> *  prehistoric browser.
> *  They might be using their cell phone!), you NEED to use server-side
> *  script like Perl, JSP, etc. It's the only way you can control the end
> *  result.
> *
> *  When I see people make suggestions for using VBScript or
> *  Javascript for
> *  things like this, I get sick to my stomach. The next time I
> *  see someone
> *  validate a form with Javascript, I'm gonna scream. All I
> *  have to do is
> *  disable JS and now I'm submitting anomalous data into your
> *  database you
> *  friggin idiot!
> *
> *  Alright, I'm through.
> *
> *  --
> *  Doran L. Barton -- < fozz(at)xmission.com >
> *  "Some people don't know Unix from Meuslix. Others claim to dream in
> *  Perl."
> *
>

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