[thelist] navigation through form posting

[michael ensor]

Gleaned from net statistics for February 2002:

Browsers with out javascript enabled 12%
Browsers without java enabled 13%

Many Windows users who disable ActiveX controls as a security measure also
by doing this ( unknowingly?) disable javascript.

I also have seen some stats which suggest that as many as 18% of users have
javascript disabled, it appears to depend on geographic location.

Moral : Don't use javascript for critical functions
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kutcher" <david_kutcher at hotmail.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] navigation through form posting


> >  - pages can't be accurately bookmarked.
> Agreed, unless they are using GET instead of POST
>
> >  - users can't share a page with others by simply
> >    sending the address they see in the address bar.
> Same response as above.
>
> >  - using the back button gives an expired form
> >    post message.
> Not if using GET... and it depends, because you could create a javascript
to
> modify the behavior of the back button and to call values from hidden form
> elements that would supply the values necessary.
>
> >  - reloading gives a "repost form data" message.
> Again, only if POST, not GET
>
> >  - link destinations are obscured in a manner even
> >    worse than obscuring it with descriptive text
> Not necessarily true, but a good point.  You can put alt text on a form
> submit button.
>
> >  - non-js browsers and browsers with js disabled
> A non-js browser?  sigh.  I really wish we could get past browsers that
> don't support commonly used (98%+ of the market) technologies that have
been
> around since 1996 (6 years+)
>
> David
> www.confluentforms.com
>
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