Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'interpreter': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'distributing': 0.07; 'pages.': 0.07; 'subject:How': 0.09; "client's": 0.09; 'imply': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; "wouldn't": 0.11; 'sat,': 0.15; 'hmm.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'skip:f 90': 0.16; 'subject:user': 0.16; 'window;': 0.16; 'systems.': 0.18; '(or': 0.18; 'java': 0.21; 'machine.': 0.22; 'runs': 0.22; 'example': 0.23; 'amazon': 0.24; 'pages,': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; '(since': 0.29; 'running.': 0.29; 'source': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'running': 0.32; "aren't": 0.33; 'url:home': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'skip:f 40': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'page': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'virus: Subject: Re: How to apply the user's HTML environment in a Python programme? Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:18:10 -0400 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <4382e132-4eb5-4733-9fed-535e704f2175@googlegroups.com> <6c7b7ada-1bc7-4eff-abba-301c6c3f2258@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-108-79-219-15.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348327100 news.xs4all.nl 6990 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52516 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:29756 On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:38:08 -0700 (PDT), BobAalsma declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > > Wulfraed, yes, as with David's proposal: this sounds good, but I wouldn't know the first thing about Javascript... > I'm also concerned that both solutions would seem to imply distributing software (or "software") to the clients systems. > Hmm. > Unless your clients are running some ancient text-only browser, they already have the Javascript interpreter running. We aren't talking about downloading a Java program that then runs as a process on the client's machine. If your client's ever visit (since I have it up at the moment) the Amazon forum pages, they are already running Javascript pages. Here's the start of the page source as an example (don't ask me what it does): -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/