Re: waveform display in browser

From	Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design, comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: waveform display in browser
Date	2015-07-25 09:46 +0000
Organization	"JJ's own news server"
Message-ID	<movltb$quv$1@gonzo.alcatraz> (permalink)
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On 2015-07-24, Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> wrote:
> On 25/07/15 00:08, Jasen Betts wrote:
>> On 2015-07-24, Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:08:55 -0700, John Larkin
>>> Be willing to support future browsers with a firmware update.
>> If you get it right you won't need to update.
>> Don't guess, follow the standards, it's just like reading a datasheet,
>> except that errors in the description are fixed by updating the product.
>
> Don't try to read or follow the standards, because those don't tell you 
> which browsers diverge from the standard or in what way.

that doen't matter because browsers only get better, if you
write good javascript that works today. it will still work
in 10 years.

> Instead, use a Javascript library that papers over the differences. The 
> vast majority of sites now use JQuery for that, and nothing will change 
> in the browsers that stops that working properly.

replacing 100 lines of well written javascript with 3000 lines is not
likely to help long-term reliability.

-- 
umop apisdn

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waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-23 11:18 -0700
  Re: waveform display in browser Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2015-07-23 11:53 -0700
  Re: waveform display in browser Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2015-07-23 16:34 -0400
    Re: waveform display in browser rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 16:49 -0400
      Re: waveform display in browser Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2015-07-24 00:13 +0300
        Re: waveform display in browser rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 17:39 -0400
        Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-23 14:50 -0700
          Re: waveform display in browser Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2015-07-24 01:19 +0300
            Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-23 15:30 -0700
              Re: waveform display in browser rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 18:46 -0400
              Re: waveform display in browser Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2015-07-23 17:54 -0500
                Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-23 16:22 -0700
                Re: waveform display in browser Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2015-07-23 19:56 -0400
                Re: waveform display in browser Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2015-07-24 14:55 -0500
                Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-24 14:11 -0700
                Re: waveform display in browser Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2015-07-24 17:00 -0500
                Re: waveform display in browser Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2015-07-25 09:04 +0200
                Re: waveform display in browser Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2015-07-24 14:58 -0500
                Re: waveform display in browser Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-24 20:15 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2015-07-24 16:48 -0500
                Re: waveform display in browser Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-24 22:08 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-24 22:46 +1000
                Re: waveform display in browser Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-25 14:32 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-24 22:44 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-24 23:31 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-24 22:49 +1000
                Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-25 09:28 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-25 08:43 +1000
                Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-25 22:27 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-25 20:57 +1000
                Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-24 22:41 +0000
                Re: waveform display in browser rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-24 22:03 -0400
                Re: waveform display in browser Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2015-07-24 15:05 -0500
  Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-23 21:37 +0000
    Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-23 15:32 -0700
  Re: waveform display in browser Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> - 2015-07-23 20:24 -0400
    Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-23 21:08 -0700
      Re: waveform display in browser Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> - 2015-07-24 07:52 -0400
        Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-24 14:08 +0000
          Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-24 22:53 +1000
            Re: waveform display in browser Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-07-25 09:46 +0000
              Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-25 08:46 +1000
  Re: waveform display in browser Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2015-07-24 00:37 +1000
  Re: waveform display in browser Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2015-07-24 11:46 +0100
  Re: waveform display in browser YD <ydtechHAT@techie.com> - 2015-07-24 14:25 -0300
    Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-24 10:55 -0700
      Re: waveform display in browser rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-24 14:09 -0400
      Re: waveform display in browser Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-24 18:42 +0000
        Re: waveform display in browser YD <ydtechHAT@techie.com> - 2015-07-24 19:12 -0300
          Re: waveform display in browser Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-25 14:36 +0000
      Re: waveform display in browser Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2015-07-24 14:55 -0400
  Re: waveform display in browser John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2015-07-27 17:52 -0700
    Re: waveform display in browser Phil Hobbs <hobbs@electrooptical.net> - 2015-07-28 17:58 -0400
  Re: waveform display in browser "jurem" <51422@EmbeddedRelated> - 2015-07-28 09:49 -0500

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