Rationalle for Disabling JavaScript

[PB]

What is the rationalle for disabling JavaScript. AFAIK, the primary reason
is for "security purposes" - but what specific kind of threats does the
[disabling of JavaScript in a browser] protect against? AND - is the
disabling of JavaScript something that is done very much? I know it's
impossible to answer that last question definitively - so I'm wondering if
it has presented any of you with any real problems in the day-to-day running
of your Web applications (i.e. support issues related to the disabling of
JavaScript).

I'm asking because in some testing I discovered that ComponentArt's menu for
ASP.NET simply won't appear on a page when JavaScript is disabled (at least
in IE6). ComponentArt has arguably one of the most popular menu systems - so
for any company or person who disables JavaScript as a matter of course,
they'll miss out on a lot of functionality.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Whatever the rationale is, you can't make anything meaningful in asp.net
without javascript. So just assume it is allowed. Otherwise the program
won't be usable anyway.

Eliyahu

"PB" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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What is the rationalle for disabling JavaScript. AFAIK, the primary reason
is for "security purposes" - but what specific kind of threats does the
[disabling of JavaScript in a browser] protect against? AND - is the
disabling of JavaScript something that is done very much? I know it's
impossible to answer that last question definitively - so I'm wondering if What it has presented any of you with any real problems in the day-to-day running of your Web applications (i.e. support issues related to the disabling of
JavaScript).

I'm asking because in some testing I discovered that ComponentArt's menu for ASP.NET simply won't appear on a page when JavaScript is disabled (at least in IE6). ComponentArt has arguably one of the most popular menu systems - so for any company or person who disables JavaScript as a matter of course,
they'll miss out on a lot of functionality.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

[Yunus Emre ALPÖZEN [MCSD.NET]]

u can do lots of things using javascript. It supports object creation like
vb. This lets u to do too much things. I donot know componentart's menu.is
it using directx effects?
ActiveX components are disabled by default.

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HTH

Thanks,
Yunus Emre ALPÖZEN
BSc, MCSD.NET

"PB" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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What is the rationalle for disabling JavaScript. AFAIK, the primary reason
is for "security purposes" - but what specific kind of threats does the
[disabling of JavaScript in a browser] protect against? AND - is the
disabling of JavaScript something that is done very much? I know it's
impossible to answer that last question definitively - so I'm wondering if
it has presented any of you with any real problems in the day-to-day
running of your Web applications (i.e. support issues related to the
disabling of JavaScript).

I'm asking because in some testing I discovered that ComponentArt's menu
for ASP.NET simply won't appear on a page when JavaScript is disabled (at
least in IE6). ComponentArt has arguably one of the most popular menu
systems - so for any company or person who disables JavaScript as a matter
of course, they'll miss out on a lot of functionality.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

[PB]

That's what I was beginning to think - thanks for verifying.

-PB
"Eliyahu Goldin" <re*************@monarchmed.com> wrote in message
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Whatever the rationale is, you can't make anything meaningful in asp.net
without javascript. So just assume it is allowed. Otherwise the program
won't be usable anyway.

Eliyahu

"PB" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:ep****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

What is the rationalle for disabling JavaScript. AFAIK, the primary
reason
is for "security purposes" - but what specific kind of threats does the
[disabling of JavaScript in a browser] protect against? AND - is the
disabling of JavaScript something that is done very much? I know it's
impossible to answer that last question definitively - so I'm wondering
if

What

it has presented any of you with any real problems in the day-to-day

running

of your Web applications (i.e. support issues related to the disabling of
JavaScript).

I'm asking because in some testing I discovered that ComponentArt's menu

for

ASP.NET simply won't appear on a page when JavaScript is disabled (at

least

in IE6). ComponentArt has arguably one of the most popular menu systems -

so

for any company or person who disables JavaScript as a matter of course,
they'll miss out on a lot of functionality.

Thoughts?

Thanks!