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On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 12:02:53PM -0600, Penguin Lover John Jolet squawked: |
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> javascript is, in fact, not java. typically, in the context of web |
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> sites, java is run server-side and essentially returns html for your |
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Not quite. Java applets are mostly run client side, with possibly |
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a server-side counterpart for communications. |
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> browser to interpret. javascript, on the other hand, was, I believe, |
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> developed by netscape, not sun. they just called it that because it |
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> has some similarities with java. it is client-side, like microsoft's |
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> proprietary activex technology. Their response was probably fine, |
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> since there is, in fact, no java in javascript, despite the name. :) |
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> Oddly enough, I had no problems with the smith and noble website with |
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> firefox on my gentoo laptop...but that was a few months ago. |
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Also, I can reproduce the error on |
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http://www.smithandnoble.com/sn/photoGalleryDetail.jsp?catID=-14150 |
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with firefox 1.0.7-r2 and mozilla-1.7.12-r2 |
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Javascript Console on both shows the following: |
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Error: document.frm_bundle.heroImage has no properties |
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SourceFile: http://www.smithandnoble.com/sn/photoGalleryDetail.jsp?catID=-14150 line 114 |
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For what it's worth, I believe those people reporting "success" might |
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be trying the wrong page. The website redirects all deep-links to the |
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front page. |
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To reproduce the error, go to the frontpage of smith and noble, on the |
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left hand side, click Photo Gallery. Choose an arbitrary gallery from |
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the right when it appears, open up javascript console from |
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"Tools->Javascript console" in Firefox or "Tools->Web |
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development->Javascript Console" in Mozilla. Click on one of the |
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thumbnails on the right (the hyperlink should say |
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"javascript.switchImage(2)"), and see the image fail to load. |
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To the OP: that might also be one of the reasons your bug was marked |
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invalid. They cannot reproduce the error from the description you |
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gave. |
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>From my limited knowledge of javascript, I can't tell whether it is |
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a badly written javascript that parses in IE but not in Firefox, or |
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Firefox not supporting the full "standard", or perhaps the |
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site-designer used some IE-only extensions. |
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I haven't tried Opera or Konqueror (don't have either installed). Any |
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input? |
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W |
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-- |
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"`The first ten million years were the worst,' said Marvin, |
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`and the second ten million, they were the worst too. The |
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third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went |
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into a bit of a decline.'" |
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- Marvin reflecting back on his 576,000,003,579 year |
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career as Milliways' car park attendent. |
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Sortir en Pantoufles: up 36 days, 12:54 |
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