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I don't mind Javascript so much as it's domain (Score:2, Insightful)
To have Javascript enabled on your browser, you really should stay plugged in to the various Certs and patches that may arise due to security problems. I hate the nagging feeling that I'm never quite safe when browsing... There's always that 0-day exploit that will get me some day.
Sure, some things have been found in HTML, forms in particular, that are similar, but I feel a lot safer knowing that the site isn't executing code behind my back.
The other thing I hate about Web Scripting is t
Re:I don't mind Javascript so much as it's domain (Score:3, Interesting)
1. Tree-views and fancy rollovers can be implemented without scripting, in pure CSS (of course this requires recent browsers, but also this degrades nicely, unlike script-based implementations.)
2. The article I linked to discusses JavaScript from the point of view of language design : as it says, Lisp in C's Clothing, with that unusual function-are-objects approach. Quoting again : JavaScript is well suited to a large class of non
Re:I don't mind Javascript so much as it's domain (Score:2)
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