"Albert D. Cahalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You prefer VBscript and ActiveX controls then? That's what you > encourage. Java must run everywhere, else we have no argument > against 100% Microsoft solutions.
Ah, of course I don't. I prefer none of those. > What is so bad about Java and Flash anyway? Well, Java is slow and uses too much memory (on my laptop), so I have it disabled. Flash is bad since I can't even run it on my machine. I have many more problems with flash, especially since it seems to be used much more often than Java. > You hate animations? That's your problem. Don't load any images > either. Well, I don't always hate animations ;) Unfortunately, loading images is pretty necessary currently. Flash and Java are *not*, in my experience. Loading images doesn't require proprietary software, so the comparison isn't quite the same. My problem is not with the animations, but the proprietary software (flash, mostly) which does *NOT* run on my machine. > Security worries? This is why we need LGPL interpreters for Java and > Flash. In any case, Java sure beats doing an "xhost +" or using Wine > to run a *.exe file. > Crashes? Same deal: we need LGPL interpreters. I agree with both of these points, and I wish they were available. (Flash in particular) The GPL flash software out there works quite well for older flash. Perhaps some effort should be put into enhancing this? > Windows that pop open when you close them? If you have the source > code, you can add an option to prevent this. Better yet, you could > have the browser offer to disable Java/Flash/Javascript for any site > that appears to have bad behavior. Well, I have popups disabled for all sites, so that's not really an issue. > Email that lets a spammer know you have read it? The obvious > solution is to limit remote site access in email, and don't use a > web-mail service that doesn't offer filtering. ...And don't read HTML mail, since it's always spam =) > Really, I think you're helping Microsoft. Imagine all your favorite > web sites needing VBscript. Of course that would be bad! Imagine all your favorite sites *not* needing Java, Flash, Javascript...now that would be nice :) -- Josh Huber | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
