Basic HTML version of Foils prepared July 9 99

Foil 64 JSSB JavaScript Shared Browser II

From Distance Education: How to do it DoD HPC Modernization Users Group Tutorial Monterey California, ACM Java Grande San Francisco, EDMEDIA Seattle -- June 7 99, June 14 99, June 20 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 Current Java SB determines URL changes by inspecting URL on Master in a "tight loop" (currently once every half a second one invokes code to inspect web page state including URL)
2 New JSSB uses same strategy but adds capabilities by inspecting further document properties such as scrolling position, forms and links
  • Should be much better in Internet Explorer 5 but current version does more or less work
  • Current version is Netscape ONLY as Tango1.4 is Netscape 4.5 only and DOM/Security very different in version 4 browsers
  • Uses heuristics to guess "next" foil and thumbnails ...
3 Note WebWisdom strategy is natural whenever one can control pages as when made from templates (as in WebWisdomDB) and we will link JS SB to database backend

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