LYNX-DEV Java/JavaScript

[Philip Webb]

980319 David Combs wrote: 
> Mar 17, 1998 Philip Webb wrote:
>>  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> : should Lynx be trying to read it?
>> but also, all the JS is enclosed in  <---  --->
> 1: Staying within text-only mode, is there any way
>    for lynx to at least SAY what the problem is,
>    ie that this is java-only page, or that it has java-script on it?

it would seem very simple for Lynx at least to alert the user,
since the JavaScript is enclosed in  <SCRIPT ... > ... </SCRIPT> :
i picture a suitable formatted `Message from Lynx' inserted in the page;
it could perhaps be done for image-heavy HTML too;
any problem about adding this for 2-8-1 ?

> 2: If java, how does one download to one's own computer
>    the java program so as to run it on one's own appletviewer

well, you can simply grab the source via  \ , download it,
then do whatever you want with it in your own system/machine.

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