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On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> There is a web site that my wife wanted to use. The web address |
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> is here: |
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> http://www.smithandnoble.com/sn/photoGalleryDetail.jsp?catID=-14150 |
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> On this page, on the right, there are pictures that you are supposed |
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> to click to see a larger version to the left. This works on Windows |
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> and it works on the Mac, but it does not work on any of our Linux |
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> systems, using either blackdown java or sun java. I think that's a |
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> problem so I file a bug. |
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> I filed a bug report here: |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115949 |
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> and was told the bug was 'invalid' because the page didn't have any |
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> Java. They said the page only has javascript. First, from a (stupid) |
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> user's perspective I found this a bit disappointing. I'm just told |
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> 'invalid' and given no guidance about how to make it work. However |
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> that happens when some developers have to talk to user types like me. |
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> I understand that. Still I want to understand how to make it work so |
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> the WAF stays high and she doesn't ask to go back to Windows. |
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> What's 'javascript' and how do I make this work? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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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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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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from a practical standpoint, make sure you're running the latest |
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firefox, and have javascript enabled in the security settings. |
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