http://blog.eronj.com/2005/09/17/is-javascript-the-next-perl/ Ron K. Jeffries -- Listen, read, think, write. Rinse and repeat as needed. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.eronj.com/2005/09/17/is-javascript-the-next-perl/#comment-572 Walter Jeffries Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:38:15 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/2005/09/17/is-javascript-the-next-perl/#comment-572 The problem with JavaScript isn't so much a problem with the language but with the abusive things it lets people do with it - and do the do do. For example, the despicable "Make Poverty History" diagonal banner ad that some web sites float in the upper right corner of their page. It blocks navigation buttons and information in many cases. Popup windows, moving text, animations and the like are another abuse. It is very distracting from the real content, the message of the page. So I run with Java off for the most part to fight this and make pages be more useable. PithHelmet is helpful in this regard. The problem with JavaScript isn’t so much a problem with the language but with the abusive things it lets people do with it - and do the do do. For example, the despicable “Make Poverty History” diagonal banner ad that some web sites float in the upper right corner of their page. It blocks navigation buttons and information in many cases. Popup windows, moving text, animations and the like are another abuse. It is very distracting from the real content, the message of the page. So I run with Java off for the most part to fight this and make pages be more useable. PithHelmet is helpful in this regard.

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