Re: Request: Collapsible Side Bar

The site you linked to achieves that result with JavaScript which for many reasons, mostly security related, is never going to be acceptable here. It might be possible to achieve the same effect with CSS. I suggest you do some research and write a patch for it :)

Update: I stand corrected (surprised but corrected) on the acceptability of JavaScript here, Recently Active Threads does contain JavaScript.

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Murray Barton
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Re^2: Request: Collapsible Side Bar by BUU (Prior) on Jul 11, 2005 at 10:27 UTC
Just a note, there's absolutely no security reason that this site couldn't use javascript to do what ever it wanted. The only security issue with javascript is when you allow untrusted users to display the javascript and have it executed by other users, which is the current flaw in the homenodes, although mostly fixed by a few (non?) default settings.	[reply]
Re^3: Request: Collapsible Side Bar by greenFox (Vicar) on Jul 12, 2005 at 01:34 UTC
Fair point with regards to this site. However the internet as a whole (the Monastery aside if you like) is one big untrusted user and as such JavaScript is a security problem and the only solution I know of is to have it turned off. As an aside it would be nice if Firefox had an option to allow JavaScript for specified sites in the same way there is an allowed sites list for Popup Windows for example. Update:And NoScript answers my prayers. -- Murray Barton Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. -Basho	[reply]
Re^2: Request: Collapsible Side Bar by reasonablekeith (Deacon) on Jul 11, 2005 at 11:24 UTC
The "recently active threads" node already has javascript. Apart from Javascript being the root of all evil, I don't see what the big deal is. --- my name's not Keith, and I'm not reasonable.	[reply]