[Javascript] Working arround Active Content controls provided on IE browsers

[Nick Fitzsimons]

In its default configuration, Internet Explorer only warns about the  
possible risks of Active Content when JavaScript is loaded from the  
local disk using the file: protocol, not when it is served over the  
web using the http: protocol. So this is a problem that doesn't arise  
for an actual web site, and is therefore not something that JS  
developers usually need to worry about.

If a user chooses they can activate this warning for all Active  
Content, or simply disable JavaScript completely. The way to work  
around this is to use JavaScript for progressive enhancement, whereby  
the site is functional, even when JavaScript is disabled, by using  
the standard mechanisms of the web, and JavaScript will, if enabled,  
be used to improve or enhance the user experience. Creating a site  
that _requires_ JavaScript is almost never an acceptable practice. It  
has been argued that the rules can be different for complex web  
applications (as opposed to web sites), but even these can almost  
always easily be made to offer basic functionality without JS if  
planned and constructed correctly.

Regards,

Nick.

On 3 Jun 2007, at 12:11:42, Trev and Liz Smith wrote:

>
>  Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers "warn users to accept the risk
>  JavaScript programs malfunctioning and giving content not wanted and
>  in some cases being used to
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>    *
>
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>        Collect information from your computer in ways you might not
>        approve of
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>    *
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>        Possibly damaging data on your computer
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>    *
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>        Installing software on your computer without your consent
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>    *
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>        Allowing someone else to control your computer remotely.
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>  So given these risks, you should only install these programs if you
>  completely trust the publisher."
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> *My question is - is there any way of working arround the user's  
> option of not running JavaScript and what is the general attitude/ 
> diclaimers offered by JavaSript programmers?
>
> Regards,
> Trevor Smith
>
> *
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