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Re: Displaying IP address?
>> >> I have seen both cgi scripts and java apps. that display the users ip
> ^^^ ^^^^^^^
>> >> address and information about the browser and OS that the client is
>> >> currently running. Is that functionality available in JS?
>>
>> >I do not know of ways to see someones IP address. I doubt there's one
>> >yet.
>>
>> Um, except for the widely-used HTTP_USER_AGENT and REMOTE_ADDR parameters
>> that have been around as long as HTTP 1.0...
>
> Um, which is part of CGI, not JavaScript.
We're both half right -- there is the property "userAgent", but I think
you're correct that the "userAddress" and "userHost" properties (which were
in one of the JS alpha or beta specs I used along the way) didn't make it
into spec 1.0.
Mike!
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