[thelist] Is this a list?

[Robert Gormley]

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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Shawn K. Quinn
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 3:37 AM
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> Subject: RE: [thelist] Is this a list?
> 
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Re: 

> > is far more broken than JavaScript and Flash.
> 
> Huh? This doesn't make any sense.
> 
> > The example are numerous, but I feel as if I must state at 
> least one 
> > example.  Basic form validation can be accomplished so that 
> it works 
> > on every modern (ala 5 years or more recent) JavaScript Enabled 
> > Browser (JEB) with no uncatchable errors.
> 
> However, it's way too easy to fall into the trap of 
> "everything has Javascript" and thus, to not even bother 
> testing without Javascript, and not implement server-side 
> form validation as well.

Please explain how any one of, or ideally all of, the following: bad
development practices, assumptions and presumptions, blind acceptance of
data from a user controlled source are specific symptoms of JavaScript
being broken.

Rob