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jiblet Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Insane since: May 2000	posted 12-20-2000 23:36 The latest Netscape release has me obsessing over standards, and I noticed that W3C has no information on javascript. Is anybody in charge of it? Or is it just developed organically by IE and Netscape as they implement new features?
Rinswind 2th Maniac (V) Inmate From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence Insane since: Jul 2000	posted 12-20-2000 23:54 Look here The Ecma organisation has a standard about javascript Ecma-262 [This message has been edited by Rinswind 2th (edited 20-12-2000).]
bitdamaged Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here Insane since: Mar 2000	posted 12-21-2000 00:21 Actually the w3c has a recommendation out for this, check out it's latest DOM spec. http://www.w3.org/DOM/ NOTE This is not easy reading The reason you won't find stuff on their pages relating to Javascript is because the language is consistent. It's the various browsers Document Object Models (DOM) that changes. Yes previous to this spec by the w3c Netscape and IE were free (and actually still are) to create their own DOMs, they had to. Hoepfully future releases of both browsers will follow the same basic spec but you can be sure that while the Netcape browsers based on the Mozilla engines will probably follow the standards pretty religiously IE will continue to add their own tweaks in an effort to make the browser a more likable choice. Walking the Earth like Kane

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jiblet
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Insane since: May 2000

posted 12-20-2000 23:36

The latest Netscape release has me obsessing over standards, and I noticed that W3C has no information on javascript. Is anybody in charge of it? Or is it just developed organically by IE and Netscape as they implement new features?

Rinswind 2th
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence
Insane since: Jul 2000

posted 12-20-2000 23:54

Look here The Ecma organisation has a standard about javascript Ecma-262

[This message has been edited by Rinswind 2th (edited 20-12-2000).]

bitdamaged
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 100101010011 <-- right about here
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted 12-21-2000 00:21

Actually the w3c has a recommendation out for this, check out it's latest DOM spec.
http://www.w3.org/DOM/
** NOTE ** This is not easy reading

The reason you won't find stuff on their pages relating to Javascript is because the language is consistent. It's the various browsers Document Object Models (DOM) that changes. Yes previous to this spec by the w3c Netscape and IE were free (and actually still are) to create their own DOMs, they had to. Hoepfully future releases of both browsers will follow the same basic spec but you can be sure that while the Netcape browsers based on the Mozilla engines will probably follow the standards pretty religiously IE will continue to add their own tweaks in an effort to make the browser a more likable choice.

Walking the Earth like Kane