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Re: MOC: Dutch Otherdam downtown and Suburbian home 'Wybert'
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Wed, 27 Nov 2002 20:18:38 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Amy Hughes writes:
In lugnet.town, Eric Brok writes:
New on LEGO on my mind:

*Otherdam downtown*

Please use javascript sparingly. As far as I can tell it's used on these pages
to assemble frames, which is unnecessary. Some people surf with JS turned off,
because it's the medium through which much advertising, including pop-ups,

Consider using a popup stopper... works wonders.

is
delivered, and because it's buggy and is responsible for much of the
instability in bloatware browsers.

JS was intended for form validation, and there's little of value beyond that
that people use it for. I'm particularly annoyed when someone has required it
to operate a button (completely unnecessary), or when I load a page
and nothing
displays (as happened here).

I use it on my color selector and I'd really have a hard time doing one
without it, I think. (turn JS on for a sec, then try it)
http://www.miltontrainworks.com/MTW-2001colorSelector_JS.html
(then try the non JS version.. not veru useful)

In general I am anti frame myself, though I recognise that others like them.
You decide how to present things and that determines what subset you've
included.

I'm opposed to taking TOO much effort for hobby presentation just to
accomodate fringes... at this time I'm starting to think that being entirely
anti JS is a bit fringe though. Not sure. Interesting topic.

++Lar



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  Re: MOC: Dutch Otherdam downtown and Suburbian home 'Wybert'
 
(...) I hate JS with Netscape. Netscape goes on vacation for a minute or so while it starts JS. And it does this for each page. Meanwhile, you look for something else to do because you can't even go read Lugnet or something in another window, (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.publish)

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