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Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks
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At 02:59 AM 11/1/2001, Paul Robinson wrote:

>Had you considered that there was a load of Javascript or even Java that was
>supposed to be running on your machine to help keep the underlying
>functionality of the site going, and that because you're not running it, you
>are going to cause problems for yourself, and potentially for the site
>admins? 

I have the right to choose what runs and does not run on my machine. I
generally turn off Java and JavaScript because both are usually
used to add needless and wasteful flash to Websites at the expense
of worthwhile content. 

>Browser compatability testing, believe it or not, is often not there
>entirely for your sake - it's sometimes there for people like us, on the
>backend. It's to ensure that the javascript and Java VM stuff is where you
>expect it to be (in the browser) and that it behaves the way you expect it
>to behave. This is particularly important in banking applications. 

Java and JavaScript are both so unreliable and insecure that it is
very important, in banking applications, NOT to use either.

--Brett GLass


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