| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 11 Apr 2001 at 16:58:33 |
| Subject: | Re: JS and Amiga |
Hello Joris
On 11-Apr-01, Joris Kempen wrote:
> Hello Don
>
> On 11-Apr-01, you wrote:
>
>> IMO there is a lot to be said for not using Javascript at all. It
>> causes more trouble than it's worth.
>
> I'm just reading a book about this subject and the make a good point.
> Let's take for example Form validations, when you use serverside stuff
> for this it causes lot of extra used bandwidth and doesn't give
> immidately response. When you make a few faults when you fill in the
> form a customer will leave the site is their opinion, just because
> people don't like waiting. So I think using JS for such things is not
> that bad.
I've seen that argument and I don't agree. You have to check the form on
the server anyway, for security reasons, so why do it twice?
And if the JS doesn't work, the customer can't buy anything.
Regards
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