From: TheNewGWTC@pppmppfmpfmmmmfmmmpfmmpp.pppmppfmp   
      
   aspasia wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:04:22 GMT, Jose    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>Can you explain what happens when you turn off Java?  Always   
   >>>been a deep mystery to me. Thanks.   
   >>   
   >>Java and Javascript are different animals.  Javascript is what runs the   
   >>cutesy things that make the web so annoying.  Things like menus that   
   >>drop down when you mouse over them, pages that won't let you right-click   
   >>("this function has been disabled"), popup ads (which sometimes spawn   
   >>other popups), "functionality at closure" (stuff that happens without   
   >>your permssion after you close the web browser), and things like that.   
   >>   
   >>When you turn off Javascript, these things no longer annoy you.  You   
   >>lose a few marginally useful things (popup menus are not all bad), but a   
   >>well designed web page will have HTML functionality (I hate that word)   
   >>as a backup.  Pages that don't are not worth the time to visit and   
   >>should wither on the vine.   
   >>   
   >>Java is a programming language that is far more powerful.  I won't let   
   >>an anonymous web page have that much control over my computer, so I   
   >>don't know what it can do, but I imagine it can do just about anything.   
   >>   
   >>Jose   
   >   
   >   
   > Thanks, Jose, for that informative message.  Sorry I didn't follow up   
   > sooner.   I appreciate explanation of difference between Javascript   
   > and Java.   
   >   
   > I did a Search for "javascript" and got about 5-6 hits, but I can't   
   > open most of them, and Windows  can't either.    Should I just delete   
   > them?   
   >   
   > If I am unhappy with the results, can I reinstall Javascript?   
   > If so, how?   
   >   
   > Thanks for any help you have time to provide.   
   >   
   > Aspasia   
   >   
      
   you don't install javascript.  It comes with the program. Or better   
   put, its part of the program.   
      
   You cannot open javascript files just by clicking on them.  You need   
   to open them in a texted based editor.   
      
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