Please! Dont use javascript links.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 by thomassen | Discussion: WinCustomize Site Issues
Please dont use pure javascript for links. Such as when you navigate the pages of threads with many replies.
It breaks usability. For instance, I often open links I'm likely to look at after I'm done reading the current page in a new tab. But I can't do that with the forum navigation system because there is not link to open in a new tab.
Please provide conventional links. I can't see any reason to use javascript for this.
It breaks usability. For instance, I often open links I'm likely to look at after I'm done reading the current page in a new tab. But I can't do that with the forum navigation system because there is not link to open in a new tab.
Please provide conventional links. I can't see any reason to use javascript for this.
thomassen
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:53 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:53 PM
Any forum thread, article or gallery item where comments go over several pages and you got buttons to navigate to the next or previous page.
For instance this forum thread: https://forums.wincustomize.com/?aid=141378
After all the comments you got previous and next buttons which is not links, but actually divs with javascript to handle the navigation.
Sorry it wasn't clearer in original post.
For instance this forum thread: https://forums.wincustomize.com/?aid=141378
After all the comments you got previous and next buttons which is not links, but actually divs with javascript to handle the navigation.
Sorry it wasn't clearer in original post.
seldomseen
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:00 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:00 PM
I'll gladly not use them if they mess things up, I'm just not sure...what not to do. 
andrew_
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:29 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:29 AM
I'm sorry that you don't like the way we have our paging links setup. But I'm afraid that isnt likely to change.
thomassen
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:18 PM
The plea was for WC's webdevs. Not general users. (As they generally dont tend to post links with javascript) I think I might have been a bit too brief and not explaining myself when I posted the thread.
Out of curiosity; is there any technical reason why pure javascript is being used?
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:18 PM
| I'll gladly not use them if they mess things up, I'm just not sure...what not to do |
The plea was for WC's webdevs. Not general users. (As they generally dont tend to post links with javascript) I think I might have been a bit too brief and not explaining myself when I posted the thread.
Out of curiosity; is there any technical reason why pure javascript is being used?
andrew_
Reply #6 Friday, January 26, 2007 10:51 AM
Reply #6 Friday, January 26, 2007 10:51 AM
Because it's more valuable than pure honey? 
I really dont know, our designer chose to go in that direction for that portion of the site. In the beginning they were mostly like that. And Im pretty sure it was to get over a Firefox rendering bug. Something to do with div and a tags. We'll have to wait for the exact answer until he has time to reply 
Lotherius
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:39 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:39 PM
I'm not sure why some parts of the forums seem to have those javascript links, and others don't, but I'll join in and just agree here. I HATE/LOATHE/DESPISE javascript "links"... give a real fraggin link, already, so that browsers can function properly!! Like the OP, I often see a link I'm interested in, but not "ready" to navigate to, and simply middle-click it to open up in another tab. Javascript links break this functionality, forcing the user to accept whatever it decides is appropriate (which is usually a popup window, or opens in current window, rather than a tab).
There is a firefox extension called "Smart Middle Click" that claims to fix this problem, but it doesn't seem to always work - and doesn't work on the example the OP gave either.
There is a firefox extension called "Smart Middle Click" that claims to fix this problem, but it doesn't seem to always work - and doesn't work on the example the OP gave either.
Daiwa
Reply #9 Friday, February 23, 2007 11:34 PM
Reply #9 Friday, February 23, 2007 11:34 PM
I'm suddenly getting script errors when going to JU, soon as I open the page in SDC. There was a Java update early this week & I think it started after that. Not exactly the same issue, I understand, but I wonder if the latest Java version has broken something.
thomassen
Reply #10 Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:53 AM
Reply #10 Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:53 AM
Updating Java should not affect scripts.
Java and Javascript is two completely different thing.
Java and Javascript is two completely different thing.
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