IE is one of the few remaining browsers that still lets you configure settings on a per-"zone" basis by default, with no need to install additional extensions to get this IMHO very useful function:
That setting has been there since at least IE5, if I remember correctly; and it's also one of the things I always disable after a new install too. I think the fact that Microsoft clearly understood the idea of partitioning sites into different trust levels, with different levels of security for each, was an idea ahead of its time. They did not have the "JS is obligatory and you should trust all sites to run arbitrary code" attitude that unfortunately is prevalent today.
...then MS comes up with Edge and removes the feature completely, possible due to those developers with the aforementioned harmful attitude:
But the POKE operation is specifically about writing to a given address. So it does capture what you are talking about. (Whether it is any clearer than "write-what-where" I leave as an exercise to the reader).
I think a larger portion of the audience will understand "write-what-where"-primitive than "POKE" nowadays.
"Write-what-where" might feel clumsy, it's a lot less ambiguous than a word like POKE, which only means something to the subset of programmers who grew up on BASIC.
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That setting has been there since at least IE5, if I remember correctly; and it's also one of the things I always disable after a new install too. I think the fact that Microsoft clearly understood the idea of partitioning sites into different trust levels, with different levels of security for each, was an idea ahead of its time. They did not have the "JS is obligatory and you should trust all sites to run arbitrary code" attitude that unfortunately is prevalent today.
...then MS comes up with Edge and removes the feature completely, possible due to those developers with the aforementioned harmful attitude:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/micros...
Edit: did I say something wrong...?
Yes, you and I might be able to use it, but my grandmother can't. As the web is mostly built to be as accessible as possible, it won't catch on.
"Write-what-where" might feel clumsy, it's a lot less ambiguous than a word like POKE, which only means something to the subset of programmers who grew up on BASIC.