"Pascal Obry" wrote in message news:4D6D3745.3010302@obry.net... > Le 01/03/2011 19:03, Hyman Rosen a �crit : >> On 3/1/2011 10:40 AM, Julian Leyh wrote: >>> Javascript is not necessary for browsing the web. At least not for >>> basic browsing. If you have that finished, you may consider adding >>> Javascript. Until then it should be lower priority. >> >> Necessary for whom? Unless you wish to restrict use of your browser >> to other Ada aficionados who will admire it for the source language >> in which it's written, I believe you would quickly discover that >> Javascript is, indeed, necessary. And you will discover what happens >> to developers who say "if we don't have it you don't need it". > > I fully agree with that. Without Javascript you cannot use a single Web > 2.0 (Ajax based) site on the Web. I personally think that's an advantage. The only programs I want to be running on my computer are written in Ada. (Not a practical possibility at the moment, sadly.) But I do agree with Hyman about Android apps. If I had a good idea, I'd probably be doing that right now... Randy.