Re: AJAX

In article <20150319102513.GO18801@platypus.pepperfish.net>, Rob Kendrick
<rjek@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:10:44AM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > I receive a monthly newsletter. The latest cannot be read. NS says
> > 'This browser is not AJAX enabled'. What's that all about, please? Is
> > there a way round it so that the newsletter can be read?

> AJAX -> Asynchronous Javascript and XML. It is a term used to describe
> applications that run in the browser and use XML to communicate to the
> server.

> Why anybody would consider using this for a newsletter is beyond me.

> Regardless, anything AJAX won't work in NetSurf yet.

Clearly so.

> > Should I complain to the sender, perhaps? They are a large company.

> You could always ask them to send a news letter as, you know, text. In
> an email. Companies seem to forget you can do that.

Well, it's not desperate, but the company have agreed to send information
that is semi-legal/financial, so I am just a bit irritated. But I will
have a gentle moan at them.

Thanks for the information. Most helpful!

B