Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!uucp.gnuu.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <9736628.O9o76ZdvQC@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:24:50 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <1351856.UbCmyqxGl4@PointedEars.de> <1608501.oMNUckLgyt@PointedEars.de> Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Date: 09 Jul 2012 22:24:50 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 48659b01.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=kBLWV^;U?Y]=>bdbdS?M0YMcF=Q^Z^V3X4Fo<]lROoRQ8kF On 12-07-09 08:28 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrot >> So far you are attempting to document an obsolete, even then inconsistent >> API (which was the very reason why W3C DOM HTML Level 1 came about). In >> fact, so far what you documented has already been documented before, and >> is still available (but well hidden in the depths of Oracle's website – >> you need to know where to look). > > I also sourced information from the very documents you are referring to. Be careful, for that might easily constitute copyright infringement. The Mozilla Organization has (AFAIK) acquired explicit permission before mirroring the original Netscape DevEdge content (which included the Client- side JavaScript 1.3 Guide and Reference) at after the AOL takeover (which apparently was completely merged into [MDN] on or before 2009-01-01 [1]). > You recently posted the Oracle reference, which I later thanked you for. It was duly noted at the time. PointedEars, IANAL ___________ [1] -- Prototype.js was written by people who don't know javascript for people who don't know javascript. People who don't know javascript are not the best source of advice on designing systems that use javascript. -- Richard Cornford, cljs,