Re: HTML
Richard Maher wrote:
"Arne Vajh?j" <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote in message
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Richard Maher wrote:
"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com> wrote in message
Ask the JS programmers about the evils of browser
sniffing and the virtues of 'feature detection'.
Feature detection makes for more robust, maintainable
scripts.
Tell you what smart arse, why don't you "put up" your 'feature
detection'
example for the OP to copy?
Even without an example it is still good advice.
Ok, how 'bout "Never eat yellow snow" or "Don't write code with bugs in it"
or something else equally abstract?
It related directly to the code posted, so that analogy does not hold
water.
Smarts arses are those not listening to good advice.
Funny, I thought the OP was asking for advice about "What do do" rather than
"What not to do".
This is a discussion forum.
Critique of posted solutions is to be expected if they could
be improved.
Look the fact that browser-sniffing is undesireable is
not exactly news to anyone unless they've been living under a rock.
Non the less the code posted did use making it relevant to mention.
If
you/anyone followed the link I gave to the example you'd find this is the
only case where it was used and, I contend, reasonably so. (But am happy to
see alternatives!)
Then ask for it !
I got the example from a SUN page not dissimilar to his one: -
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/plugin/developer_guide/using_tags.html
Maybe you should let SUN have a compy of your code as well?
Not all of SUN's docs are equally good.
Which is why I followed Andrew's proclaimed "(probably the first good script
to come out of Sun " deployJava.js only to find it full of browser-sniffing.
Another not so good example?
Probably.
Java applets has been a low priority for many years. I would not
be surprised if very few resources has been applied to applets docs.
Yeah, I was waiting for the "Applets are rubbish use WebStart instead" :-(
There is still time ...
Arne