Re: <FAQENTRY> 3.2 update needed

On 01/11/2005 14:04, VK wrote:

[snip]

> Hello there! DevEdge is gone *several years ago*.

DevEdge was taken down last year. Look at the URL you posted:

> Online documentation can be found at:
> <http://web.archive.org/web/20040827051054/devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/>

2004-08-27 was the date the Wayback Machine crawled the DevEdge site, so
'several years' is really very wrong.

Incidentially, both Mozilla and Sun Microsystems have archived the
JavaScript 1.3 Guide and Reference. As they will likely maintain those
archives (not that there's much to maintain), the Internet Archive will
just store them so linking to one of the former would be better.

[snip]

> Microsoft (D)HTML reference:-
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/dhtml_reference_entry.asp>
>
> <update>
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/dhtml_reference_entry.asp>
> </update>

That form of URL breaks in some browsers. Microsoft sends a redirection
response to a rather useless gateway for browsers that it doesn't like.
Opera versions prior to 8.0 are one such browser, despite the fact that
Opera performs adequately (the tree doesn't work, but the content does).

[snip]

> Opera Documentation:-
> <http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/#ecmascript>
> <update>
> <http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/js/>
> <http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/js/ecma/>
> </update>

I don't see any need to change that URL. It leads to a good overview of
scripting support that neither of the others you suggest provide, plus
the destinations that those links lead to are available from that section.

[snip]

> <http://www.w3schools.com/>
> <update>
> <http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/default.asp>
> </update>

   http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/

would be a better URL. That is immune to any technology or configuration
changes W3Schools might choose to make.

[snip]

That wasn't a comprehensive review of your proposals. Just comments on
sites with which I'm familiar.

Mike

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