Re: New AdaIC Site (was Inexpensive Developer Level Commercial ADA compile)

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <mailman.1002894801.10014.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, "Ann S. Brandon" <abrandon@sover.net> writes:
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> --Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote
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>> In article <mailman.1002844217.25843.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, "Ann S. Brandon" <abrandon@sover.net> writes:
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>> > I hope our new site will make this easy with its drop-down menus, which
>> > allow surfers to go instantly anywhere in the site. In other words, if
>> > someone lands on almost any page of our new site, they are be able to go
>> > to the compilers list to compare compilers, or to the downloads list to
>> > get a free temporary one and try out Ada.
>> 
>> Please make sure it works from secured browsers (Java, JavaScript and
>> cookies all disabled).
>> 
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> I don't believe we've put any cookie baking code there. 
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> The site works well without Java or JavaScript--we've tested it both on
> Opera and on sites where they are disabled. Instead of using the
> drop-down menus you use the HTML links on the left side. It only works

Good work.

> on the home page for old browsers (pre-Java) right now; we'll have to

Remember, however, that it is not just an issue of old browsers,
it is also security-conscious individuals who disable JavaScript
and Java due to the history of those capabilities opening security
loopholes on the machine running the browser.