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Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian

From "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian
Date 2011-11-03 22:42 -0200
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On 03/11/2011 18:56, RobG wrote:
> On Nov 4, 5:52 am, David Mark<dmark.cins...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Nah, those fabled attr issues don't cause problems in the "real
>> world".
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/info/developer-blog/2011/nov/03/javascript-...
>>
>> I'm so jealous of those (soon to be) unemployed developers.
>
> The article itself seems somewhat clueless. The markup examples use
> XHTML, yet The Guardian web site uses<!DOCTYPE html>[1].
>
> They seem to be under the illusion that javascript changes the markup.
>
> There is also:
>
> |  In jQuery 1.6, this method now returns "undefined",
> |  which Javascript gurus will know is not the same
> |  as false (unless you use === comparison).
>
> Really?
>
> Anyhow, a design "feature" to wait for the user to start typing before
> enabling the submit button is plain dumb.
>
> But kudos for being honest.
>
>
> 1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/
>

The page 3 site of "The Sun" uses JQuery too, but it seems that no one 
cares about it...

Cheers,
JR

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jQuery takes down the Guardian David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 12:52 -0700
  Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-11-03 13:56 -0700
    Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-11-03 15:47 -0600
      Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-04 00:24 +0100
      Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-11-03 16:30 -0700
        Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-11-03 19:16 -0600
          Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-04 11:05 +0100
          Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-04 13:25 +0100
            Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 15:33 +0000
    Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2011-11-03 22:42 -0200
  Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-04 12:50 +1100
    Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 03:37 -0700
  Re: jQuery takes down the Guardian "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2011-11-05 07:36 -0700

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