Comments on: Enhancing Javascript’s built in types http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/08/enhancing-javascripts-built-in-types/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:34:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Octal http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/08/enhancing-javascripts-built-in-types/comment-page-1/#comment-3418 Octal Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1077422955#comment-3418 <p>Until recently I was totally unaware of this functionality. This adds immensely to the power of Javascript and to what I thought was possible from the language. Thanks for highlighting it in your blog!</p> Until recently I was totally unaware of this functionality. This adds immensely to the power of Javascript and to what I thought was possible from the language. Thanks for highlighting it in your blog!

]]> By: Jeremy Dunck http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/04/08/enhancing-javascripts-built-in-types/comment-page-1/#comment-3419 Jeremy Dunck Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1077422955#comment-3419 <p>Also, this technique can be used for applying an interop layer over a browser's existing DOM implementation. Various libraries, such as DynAPI and NetWindows do this.</p> <p>if (!document.getElementById) {<br /> document.prototype.getElementById = function(id) {<br /> ...<br /> }<br /> }</p> <p>etc.</p> Also, this technique can be used for applying an interop layer over a browser’s existing DOM implementation. Various libraries, such as DynAPI and NetWindows do this.

if (!document.getElementById) {
document.prototype.getElementById = function(id) {
…
}
}

etc.

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