Re: Javascript: what it is and why you should be concerned

From: Rowland (arero68.IS.A.SPAMMER_at_hanmail.net)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 15:50:18 -0400
To: Larry Bud <larrybud2002@yahoo.com>

Larry Bud wrote:

>Sorry, but validation scripts are NOT huge, and when you submit a page
>and an error comes back, the ENTIRE PAGE is redownloaded to the
>browser.
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The ones I've seen are huge. Ever have a look at what Hotmail sends
down the pipe.

>>>In summary, everything Javascript can do can either be done better
>>>
>>>
>some
>other way, or is so trivial it's scarcely worth doing.
>
>Really? Write me an HTML page in which the user enters a series of
>hours for the week (such as in a timecard), and the total is
>automatically updated after the user changed focus to another control,
>without using client side scripting.
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I would characterise that as scarcely worth doing. The 'after the user
changed focus' part is what's not worth it. I really don't think a user
will be all that put out if he has to hit Enter or click a button, and
then we can just do it all on the server side.

But if you really, really insist that the user interaction work exactly
that way without Javascript, then you can use a client side Java
applet. I'm not saying I like Java applets. I'm just saying that's an
option. 

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