On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:35:11 -0800, gwtc   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   \\Belated thanks.   
      
   Aspasia   
      
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