www/help help-javascript.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/04/05 03:37:02

Modified files:
        help           : help-javascript.html 

Log message:
        Add a link to examples of site extensions (RT #1711819).
        Add a worldcat.org example (RT #1712175).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/help/help-javascript.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9

Patches:
Index: help-javascript.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/help/help-javascript.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -b -r1.8 -r1.9
--- help-javascript.html        17 Mar 2021 03:06:39 -0000      1.8
+++ help-javascript.html        5 Apr 2021 07:37:01 -0000       1.9
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
 
 <p>Therefore we invite volunteers to pick a site and write a browser
 extension to make that site function, assuming that LibreJS blocks the
-nonfree JavaScript sent by the site.</p>
+nonfree JavaScript sent by the site.
+To get an idea of how to do it, you can check <a
+href="http://ctrl-c.club/~jahoti/browser-extensions/index.html";>examples
+of site extensions</a> that already exist.</p>
 
 <p>The first thing to do is to look briefly at the licenses of the
 JavaScript files on the site. Some of them might actually be free
@@ -136,7 +139,16 @@
 (to view the exhibitions)</li>
 
 <li><a href="https://worldcat.org";>worldcat.org</a>
-(to look up books)</li>
+(to look up books)
+<p style="margin-left: 3%">As an example, see <a
+href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/gnu-emacs-manual/oclc/232354882";>
+this entry for the GNU Emacs manual</a>. Please note on the page the
+heading &ldquo;Find a copy in the library.&rdquo;
+Without running the proprietary JavaScript, the only content under that
+heading is a loading spinner GIF and the text &ldquo;Finding libraries
+that hold this item&hellip;&rdquo; The actual library availability
+information for the given book is absent.</p>
+</li>
 
 <li><a href="https://scribd.com";>scribd.com</a>
 (to read texts)</li>
@@ -320,7 +332,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/03/17 03:06:39 $
+$Date: 2021/04/05 07:37:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>