[HLUG] Herefordshire Digest, Vol 1286, Issue 1

[Sarah Chard]

On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 21:24 +0100, Heather Dontenville wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> Just to add to the email I sent Julian earlier - sorry we couldn't make it along to the meeting tonight but the car died on us earlier. Sounds like it promised to be an interesting meeting. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards 
> 
> Heather Dontenville 


Hi sorry you didn't make it Heather - I was looking forward to meeting
you - hope your car is not seriously ill.
We had a good turnout last night and Pete will be posting a summary of
the discussion on the list when he has a moment.


following the meeting - Geoff from malvern lug who came sent me the
following and asked me to pass it on to HLUG members

Sarah

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Dear Sarah.

Firstly, I enjoyed being with the Hereford LUG last night.  Many thanks.
Secondly, as a user of gmail myself, I think it might be appropriate to
pass on the enclosed warning from the Free Software Foundation.

All the best.

Geoff Bagley.

Malvern

--- On Wed, 30/3/11, Matt Lee <info at fsf.org> wrote:

> From: Matt Lee <info at fsf.org>
> Subject: [FSF] Avoid the pitfalls of the JavaScript Trap on Gmail
> To: info-fsf at fsf.org
> Date: Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, 22:43
> Today we're launching the first in a
> series of features on how to use
> common websites without using JavaScript.
> 
> You may not be aware of the dangers of JavaScript -- a
> problem we've
> deemed The JavaScript Trap -- proprietary software running
> on your
> computer, inside your web browser.
> 
> * <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gmail-jstrap>
> 
> When you visit a website such as Gmail, your browser will
> download and
> run several thousand lines of JavaScript code. This
> JavaScript code is
> no different to other programming languages -- applications
> written in
> those languages running on our computers should be free
> software, so we
> can run, modify and share them if we wish.
> 
> While some people have already made free software that
> alters and
> manipulates Google's JavaScript, they are doing so at the
> mercy of
> Google, who may change it at any time.
> 
> So, while it's clear that JavaScript is a very powerful and
> useful
> technology in the right hands, we're calling on Google and
> others to
> step up and let people make useful, interesting
> contributions available
> to others, by releasing the JavaScript code as free
> software for Gmail
> users to modify.