Re: <FAQENTRY> 3.2 update needed

Michael Winter wrote:
> 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.

DevEdge got down soon after the premature borne baby NN 6.0 beta
(really NN 5.0 beta) unless I'm getting senile memory problems (which
should be not in my 30's but who knows) :-)

I'm not really sure how Wayback Machine works, so I cannot comment on
it. There is a shorter link to
<http://devedge-temp.mozilla.org/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/index.html>

However it doesn't change the fact that the link doesn't work *now*.

> 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.

See the alternative link above. But please let's not transform the
issue into another endless discussion "in the search of the really best
solution under the strict community scrutiny". The link is broken; so
please link it to hell any location of the declared source, relink it
later if needed or just get it out.

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

I see this review (possibly wrongly) as an attempt to disavow any
necessity of any changes in the FAQ Bible under the slogan "Is it
possible for any good to come out of Nazareth?". Othervise your primary
comment should be on:
" Javascript FAQ sites, please check these first:-
  http://developer.irt.org/script/script.htm"
and not to me but to the FAQ Poster

And DevEdge link should be commented not now and not to me but to FAQ
Poster and *at least* one year ago.
Received on Mon Nov 21 03:15:56 2005