The Man
07-19-2002, 11:16 PM
<font color=38e897>JavaScript isn't allowed in signatures. Apparently, my signature contains JavaScript, and I wasn't aware of that until about twenty minutes ago. I do one tiny thing with JavaScript in my sig: I make a link highlight when you run your mouse over that, like so:
<FONT COLOR="#00FFE8" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over="this.color='#BFFFFA';" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out="this.color='#00FFE8';">
That's all. And it does <FONT COLOR="#00FFE8" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over="this.color='#BFFFFA';" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out="this.color='#00FFE8';">this</font>. I hardly think this is too grievous a use for the language.
My question is: Why is JavaScript disallowed completely from signatures? If someone used it to do pop-ups or make scrolling text or something, that would certainly be excessive, but if it doesn't cause anyone any undue harm, is it really worth removing that much? I mean, sure, disallowing JavaScript altogether is a much easier way to eliminate the possibility of malicious things happening, since I could just as easily make <FONT color=7eb7ed :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over="this.size='4';" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out="this.size='2';">other things happen</font> with JavaScript, but if we allowed, say, changing the status of "this.color" with :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over and :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out, would that harm anything? The only reason I use those tags at all is because I want it to be obvious that my links are links, and using the standard-coloured links doesn't go well with my text. If they flash when the mouse goes over them, they'll clearly be links. The underline appearing when the user moves his cursor over my sig helps identify them as links, but it's easier to know that they're links if they light up when the cursor goes over them, too, especially since that's what links in general do.
I'm just wondering what the staff's position is on this. I know it would be complicated to make a list of "legit uses for JavaScript," but I think some people would have a much better time of it.
I'd use cascading style sheets for my links, but I don't know of any way to make that work. :cry:
Peace
Stuffed Manny<font size=2>
<FONT COLOR="#00FFE8" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over="this.color='#BFFFFA';" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out="this.color='#00FFE8';">
That's all. And it does <FONT COLOR="#00FFE8" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over="this.color='#BFFFFA';" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out="this.color='#00FFE8';">this</font>. I hardly think this is too grievous a use for the language.
My question is: Why is JavaScript disallowed completely from signatures? If someone used it to do pop-ups or make scrolling text or something, that would certainly be excessive, but if it doesn't cause anyone any undue harm, is it really worth removing that much? I mean, sure, disallowing JavaScript altogether is a much easier way to eliminate the possibility of malicious things happening, since I could just as easily make <FONT color=7eb7ed :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over="this.size='4';" :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out="this.size='2';">other things happen</font> with JavaScript, but if we allowed, say, changing the status of "this.color" with :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Over and :bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:Out, would that harm anything? The only reason I use those tags at all is because I want it to be obvious that my links are links, and using the standard-coloured links doesn't go well with my text. If they flash when the mouse goes over them, they'll clearly be links. The underline appearing when the user moves his cursor over my sig helps identify them as links, but it's easier to know that they're links if they light up when the cursor goes over them, too, especially since that's what links in general do.
I'm just wondering what the staff's position is on this. I know it would be complicated to make a list of "legit uses for JavaScript," but I think some people would have a much better time of it.
I'd use cascading style sheets for my links, but I don't know of any way to make that work. :cry:
Peace
Stuffed Manny<font size=2>