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Topic: ActiveX in Opera
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Daryl C. W. O'Shea
Film God
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Posts: 3977
From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from)
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 10-25-2004 12:49 AM
While I'd agree that Javascript is inherently evil (due to the amount of know-nothing-idiots copying and pasting code), I wouldn't be so harsh as to bunch Java with the pieces of known as ActiveX and VBScript.
Java, unlike the former two, is a cross platform, relatively freely licensed technology that is extremely powerful. Java applets are actually executable too, so there's far less of an opportunity to crash your browser like the scripted languages are prone to do.
Sites that require a Java console are usually few and far between. There are some, though, that require a Java console, like some versions of Hewlett Packard's network printer graphical web interfaces, but that's really a special case.
Using Java for a standard website just doesn't make a lot of sense. It's a must for sites that require special functionality or processing power that just wouldn't be possible to do server side. Using Java to run your cellular telephone or engine control system is also a great application.
That said, the entirely separate issue of Javascript is quite valid. Any site that can't run without Javascipt support isn't too well thought out. The forum software actually uses more Javascript than I'd like, but that's the way it came. At least it still works without it, although without the time saving features. Although well written Javascipt that isn't annoying isn't too bad if doing the same server side would be impractical.
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