WebWatch Trawl of UK University Entry Pages (2)

Web Technologies

An analysis of the technologies used in UK University entry points is given below.

Java and JavaScript

None of the institutions trawled made use of Java.

Subsequently it was found that one institution (Liverpool University) used Java. This institution used the Robot Exclusion Protocol to stop robots from trawling the site.

Liverpool University is probably the only university entry page using Java

JavaScript

In October 1997 22 institutions used client-side scripting, such as JavaScript.

By July 1998 38 institutions were using JavaScript.

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle is one of about 38 institutions which use JavaScript.

JavaScript is used to display picture fragments when the cursor moves over a menu option.

Java provides this scrolling news facility

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