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Re: Fun with JAVA
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:08:09 GMT
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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:43:53 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com>
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> I keep Java turned on, Javascript turned off.
Java crashes Nutscrape. Javascript doesn't.
> And this is why I keep Javascript turned off. It has forever had this
> feature, to send mail without your permission.
In my client, all it can do is open a mailto: window, or send an email
with the contents of a form _after_ you click a button, IIRC.
> Java on the browser (2), OTOH, runs in a "sandbox", part of its security
> model. It can't do most things unless you explicitly give it permission to
> do so.
Except crashing the computer.
Jasper
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| Jasper Janssen wrote in message <377cbc95.9819689@lu...et.com>... (...) That reminds me, I once heard it was possible for javascript to file out a filename in the file area of the form(maybe with C:\windows\cookies) (In a hidden window , of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: Fun with JAVA
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| (...) That's interesting. I've had many things crash Netscape for me -- Quicktime 3.0, Shockwave, HTML, etc. -- but never Java. Do you visit particularly bad applets? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Nononononononono --- it's Javascript that does that (1). Last time I checked, Java doesn't have any control over the browser's window geometry. I keep Java turned on, Javascript turned off. (...) And this is why I keep Javascript turned off. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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