at Sun, 29 Feb 2004 02:00:50 GMT in <
[email protected]>,
What is Javascript configuration?
IE can configure Javascript to be on or off, that is it.
Well, for instance, Opera can configure multiple options including that of
opening JavaScript console, allow various window operations, and several
others. I'll agree that I haven't found many real configuration options,
and to me that's frustrating, because your answer is in many ways typical
of the kinds of answers that seem to be the only ones I've been able to get
using my own research - i.e. "It should just work..."
It's worth noting that I am *extremely* un-fond of MSIE and use it only as
a *last* resort, if the page absolutely requires it. As a result the Win2K
installation on my computer that has MSIE installed is a completely
separate one on a different drive that is not the install I use regularly.
The Win2K installation that I use most of the time does not have MSIE
installed, and a very concerted effort was made to ensure that during the
original install of the OS, no MSIE components were inadvertently
installed.
A link to such a page would be *very* helpfull in trying to understand
the problem, and understand how the variable is being used.
Examples:
http://www.samsung.com
http://www.petzl.com
http://www.qwest.com/chooseRegion?marketUnit=residential
Need I give more examples? The problem occurs on many sites, and not sites
operated by small companies who might not have the resources or the in-
house expertise to make sure there weren't any glaring JavaScript errors at
*their* end.
Since different browsers use different Javascript implementations and
are otherwise unaffected by each other, the problem *must* be with the
page, not the browsers.
It would seem to me unlikely. Are large companies like Samsung and Qwest
going to have fundamental problems with their site that prevent users even
from being able to navigate them at all? My guess is that if they did, it'd
have been caught and fixed *long* before now.
Do you have a rewriting proxy? That could break pages consistently
for all your browsers.
Is ZoneAlarm Pro one? It's a S/W firewall, but I don't know whether in
order to achieve this capability it's a proxy. Can you describe a
"rewriting proxy"? I'm familiar with and have used proxies, but I haven't
heard that specific term before.
Agreed. But there seem to be a huge number of pages that do exactly that.
The big favourite is sites whose only navigation method is a drop-down menu
or a side navigation bar. However, I've seen a lot of variations as well.
But nevertheless, they are most liklely tested in IE and
should work. So, something is breaking the pages.
Probably not. We don't have the code that exhibits the problem
(preferably a link). We don't have the exact error message.
All we know is one of the browsers you use, and an approximate
error message.
I refrained from giving an example in my initial e-mail because I didn't
want the focus to become *that* site - as though the problem were confined
to a specific Web site or company. Since the problem is happening on
multiple sites, I believe it must be something wrong on my end.
Nonetheless, I'm happy to provide an *example* of the error messages, in
this case, from the Samsung site. These are the errors I get immediately,
as soon as I go to
http://www.samsung.com
Inline script thread
Error:
name: ReferenceError
message: Statement on line 2: Reference to undefined variable: No such
variable 'ImgPreLoad'
Backtrace:
Line 2 of inline#2 script in
http://www.samsung.com/
ImgPreLoad("/images/TMenu", 5);
http://www.samsung.com/
Event thread: onmouseover
Error:
name: ReferenceError
message: Statement on line 1: Reference to undefined variable: No such
variable 'imgOver'
Backtrace:
In unknown script
imgOver("1");
At unknown location
{event handler trampoline}
http://www.samsung.com/
Event thread: onmouseout
Error:
name: ReferenceError
message: Statement on line 1: Reference to undefined variable: No such
variable 'imgOut'
Backtrace:
In unknown script
imgOut("1");
At unknown location
{event handler trampoline}
http://www.samsung.com/
Event thread: onload
Error:
name: ReferenceError
message: Statement on line 1: Reference to undefined variable: No such
variable 'imgOver'
Backtrace:
In unknown script
imgOver(_MCurrentOn);
At unknown location
{event handler trampoline}
Link to page. Exact error message. Name and version of all affected
browsers (and Operating system).
I mentioned before Opera 7.23 and Win2K SP3. I've also tried the pages
using Netscape 4.08 and MSIE 5.0.
Anything affecting the connection
(proxies, anti-virus software, personal firewalls).
ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0
Antivirus: NOD32
That is, enough to 1) reproduce and 2) recognize the error. Without
that, it's hard to 3) repair the problem (the three R's of
bugreporting
Fair enough. I wanted to make sure, first, however, that it wasn't a
common, obvious problem that people are familiar with just by a basic
description.