Re: [SLUG] Firefox & javascript

[Alan L Tyree <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:09:08 +1100
"Martin Visser" <martinvisser99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You probably would need to specify the site - as it probably is a
> matter of bad jasvascript code that someone more knowledgable than me
> could comment on. I know from my iPaq (PDA) running Windows Mobile,
> many sites buttons just don't work. My presumption has been that IE on
> Windows Explorer only has a subset of the standard Javascript
> functionality. I am guessing it probably also applies to your choice
> of Linux powered web browsers.

It's a proprietary site: www.lexisnexis.com/au/legal Needs a username
and password to sign on. Frustrating thing is that they specify Firefox
2.x as being an acceptable browser. Indeed, when I log on with Opera
they give me a warning message.

I can log on through another channel using IE and it works.

I thought maybe I had done something that screwed up the javascript in
Firefox (well, Iceweasel).


> 
> I would have thought that the number of users now trying to browse
> from phone-like and PDA-like devices would have driven web framework
> and web developers to think more about a diverse userbase, but they
> still seem to cater for only the top 2 or 3 browser platforms and
> think everyone is running a cinematic widescreen. (And that doesn't
> even talk about accessibility issues for screen readers, different
> languages, etc)
> 
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alan L Tyree <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Can anybody explain this to me? I'm using Debian Etch.
> >
> >  I connect to a commercial site that uses javascript "buttons" to
> >  initiate searches. With Iceweasel, Epiphany and Galeon, they don't
> >  work. With Opera they work just fine.
> >
> >  They used to work with Iceweasel - I don't know if I changed any
> >  settings or not. The javascript is activated in the preferences and
> >  allowed to do anything in the "Advanced" options.
> >
> >  Driving me nuts. Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >  Alan
> >
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards, Martin
> 
> Martin Visser
> 


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