[sldev] New to the list with a complicated question.

[Tateru Nino]

It's important not to mix up java and javascript - which are two very
very very VERY different technologies that have coincidentally similar
names.

Incidentally, the built-in browser originally supported both javascript
and Flash content -- at least under Windows -- (I may have spent one or
two dull in-world meetings playing the Grow games through the builtin
browser). I assume there was a good reason at the time that it was
subsequently disabled.

I am understandably curious, of course, as to whether Webkit solves
whatever issue is was that caused the decision to disable Flash content
support, or whether that remains a general problem.

Bill Windwalker wrote:
> Is it not safe to not use JAVA scripting at all?
> if i remember in the past Java did have some problems with what people
> can do with it.
> I have to think what if and that what if pops a number of times in a day.
>  
> Like a little bug i ran in to and had no clue what made it happen.
> i hate to think what IF? the java opens up πιθος /pithos think what if../
>
> // 
>
> /The old mean xstorm Radek/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Whump Linden <whump at lindenlab.com>
> *To:* Anna Gulaev <annagulaev at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* SL-Dev <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:12:38 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [sldev] New to the list with a complicated question.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Anna Gulaev <annagulaev at gmail.com
> <mailto:annagulaev at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Hi, Whump. Is there a reason you recommend against sniffing headers
> for the
> > user agent? I recognize that some people run browsers that allow them to
> > change this, but they are few and they likely don't spoof it to look
> like
> > the SL browser, and if they do, not displaying flash for them
> probably won't
> > cause them physical harm :-)
>
> Yes, one is the user agent spoofing issue, where someone could claim
> to be UA with more capabilities than the actual UA has.
>
> The other is future-proofing.
>
> If lack of JavaScript is a concern, there are methods for displaying
> alternative content that don't require JavaScript.
>
> Fortunately, WebKit has been implementing some of the HTML5 draft
> specification, which makes embedding and displaying alternative
> content much easier.
>
> -- whump
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Tateru Nino
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