On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Tim Bagot wrote: > At 2001-11-06T17:07+0100, Ludo wrote:- > > > in other words, I desperately need the HTTP client to > > interpet the Javascript in order for the link checking > > process to proceed. > > > > Questions : > > 1. Did anybody Javascript-enabled the W3C validator ? > > 2. If not, does there exist any (non-) commercial > > tools that would help me ? > > I don't think the link checker is likely to support scripting of any sort > in the near future: Not unless someone goes ahead and programs it. But making something of the kind available as a browser function sounds a lot like some of Jim Ley's recent work (I'll Cc: this to him). Jim calls his browser package "snufkin", so a web search on that might help. > it could easily be a huge drain on system resources, > and making it secure could be very difficult. (Does there actually exist a > (Java|ECMA)Script (+ DOM?) implementation outside of a browser?) I'm not sure about that. I'd imagine the system resources should be in the same ballpark as existing services. And as for implementations, I may be talking through my hat, but isn't there something in the Netscape servers? And I wouldn't be too surprised to find an Apache module for it. But it still needs someone to do the actual hacking. -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the essential service for anyone with a website. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>Received on Tuesday, 6 November 2001 17:34:01 GMT
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