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Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:50:41 -0700

Quoting "John (EBo) David" <ebo@leml.la.asu.edu>:

> "der.hans" wrote:
> > 
> > Am 04. Jul, 2002 schwätzte John (EBo) David so:
> > 
> > > I vehemently oppose java enabled web interfaces to just about anything.
> > > Oh sure it is nice to offload much of the processing from the server to
> > > the users computer, but I still do not trust it...  Sure I may trust
> you
> > > guys, but I've had problems by turning java* on when I *had to*, then
> > > forgetting that java and cookies were turned on went a-browsing...  No,
> > > I keep it turned off as a rule and do not do business with companies
> > > which require it to be turned on (companies that give you a choice are
> > > another matter).
> > 
> > Create another user and use sudo to start a browser as that user that
> allows
> > cookies. I have two sites that require cookies. One is the PLUG mailing
> list
> > management interface. Those are handled as the other user.
> 
> That is how I typicall handle it with the exception of sudo (I just
> create pop up another xterm, and do every thing from there...) but I
> still avoid it whenever possible and avoid such sites...
> 
>   EBo --

Konqueror (and most other browsers, I suspect) lets you control Java and 
Javascript on a per-site basis.

Dennis Kibbe

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