What is _javascriptNo: ?

[Jim Land]

I came across a tech tip that suggested using "_javascriptNo:" as in:

<a href="_javascriptNo:mm_openBrWindow(...)">stuff</a>

Could somebody please explain what this is about? And is it browser-
specific? (Google was no help in understanding this.)

Thanks in advance.

[Randy Webb]

Jim Land said the following on 6/15/2006 11:14 PM:

I came across a tech tip that suggested using "_javascriptNo:" as in:
Where?
<a href="_javascriptNo:mm_openBrWindow(...)">stuff</a>
Very bad idea even if it works.

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24>
Could somebody please explain what this is about? And is it browser-
specific? (Google was no help in understanding this.)

Maybe, maybe not. Use a real href and let script degrade gracefully and
you will find yourself not needing javascript:

--
Randy
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[Jim Land]

Randy Webb <Hi************@aol.com> wrote in
news:zb******************************@comcast.com:

Jim Land said the following on 6/15/2006 11:14 PM:

I came across a tech tip that suggested using "_javascriptNo:" as in:

Where?

<a href="_javascriptNo:mm_openBrWindow(...)">stuff</a>

Very bad idea even if it works.

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24>

Could somebody please explain what this is about? And is it browser-
specific? (Google was no help in understanding this.)

Maybe, maybe not. Use a real href and let script degrade gracefully and
you will find yourself not needing javascript:

You misunderstood my question. It's not about using javascript: as an
href. It's about using "_javascriptNo:" syntax in any situation.
Anybody know what "_javascriptNo:" is about?

[Randy Webb]

Jim Land said the following on 6/16/2006 12:25 AM:

Randy Webb <Hi************@aol.com> wrote in
news:zb******************************@comcast.com:

Jim Land said the following on 6/15/2006 11:14 PM:

I came across a tech tip that suggested using "_javascriptNo:" as in:

Where?

<a href="_javascriptNo:mm_openBrWindow(...)">stuff</a>

Very bad idea even if it works.

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24>

Could somebody please explain what this is about? And is it browser-
specific? (Google was no help in understanding this.)

Maybe, maybe not. Use a real href and let script degrade gracefully and
you will find yourself not needing javascript:

You misunderstood my question. It's not about using javascript: as an
href. It's about using "_javascriptNo:" syntax in any situation.
Anybody know what "_javascriptNo:" is about?

That is why I asked where you got that "tech tip" as a search for
_javascriptNo: in the archives returns 1 result. This thread.

A search of the entire Usenet archive at groups.google.com returns 4
hits. This thread and three posts about a spam posting where the phrase
_javascriptNo: turns up as part of a URL to a website and not javascript
itself.

So again, where did you read about that as nobody has ever asked here
before about it. Maybe knowing where you read it, and it can be
reviewed, will give some insight to what it was supposed to be or what
it was intended to be.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Jim Land <RrrrFfffTttt(NO)@(SPAM)hotmail.com> writes:

I came across a tech tip that suggested using "_javascriptNo:" as in:

<a href="_javascriptNo:mm_openBrWindow(...)">stuff</a>

Could somebody please explain what this is about? And is it browser-
specific? (Google was no help in understanding this.)

My guess, without being certain, is that some web forum changes all
instances of "javavscript:" in submitted text to "_javascriptNo:"
(or perhaps "javascriptNo:") in order to avoid a malicious submitter
from adding a "bad link".

It has no meaning otherwise. The correct (but not recommended)
thing to write is <a href="javascript:doSomething()">...</a>.

The better solution is
<a href="reallink.html" onclick="doSomething();return false">...</a>

/L
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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lr*@hotpop.com
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'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[Jim Land]

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lr*@hotpop.com> wrote in
news:ps**********@hotpop.com:

Jim Land <RrrrFfffTttt(NO)@(SPAM)hotmail.com> writes:

I came across a tech tip that suggested using "_javascriptNo:" as in:

<a href="_javascriptNo:mm_openBrWindow(...)">stuff</a>

Could somebody please explain what this is about? And is it browser-
specific? (Google was no help in understanding this.)

My guess, without being certain, is that some web forum changes all
instances of "javavscript:" in submitted text to "_javascriptNo:"
(or perhaps "javascriptNo:") in order to avoid a malicious submitter
from adding a "bad link".

It has no meaning otherwise. The correct (but not recommended)
thing to write is <a href="javascript:doSomething()">...</a>.

The better solution is
<a href="reallink.html" onclick="doSomething();return false">...</a>

/L

Thanks. That makes sense, that it's just an artifact introduced by forum
software, and not some hot new way to do something cool.