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#283054 - 12/06/2006 16:29 Javascript won't work
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
Why won't javascript on this board work for me? I'm running FF 1.5.0.4 on Win2K with Sun Java v 1.5.0.

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#283055 - 12/06/2006 18:11 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tahir]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
I don't know. I'm running 1.5.0.4 on Windows XP and everything on this board works fine for me.

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with Sun Java v 1.5.0.

This has nothing to do with javascript except for the letters J, A, V, and A in the name.
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#283056 - 12/06/2006 20:12 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tfabris]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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I don't know. I'm running 1.5.0.4 on Windows XP and everything on this board works fine for me.


What happens if you double-click in the post editing area (the one I'm typing into right now)? I'd expect it to select the word I double-clicked on, but in IE, I'm getting a JavaScript error. I wonder if it's an IE-ism, or if it's actually broken?
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#283057 - 12/06/2006 20:14 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: Roger]
Roger
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Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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...I'd expect it to select the word I double-clicked on, but in IE, I'm getting a JavaScript error. I wonder if it's an IE-ism, or if it's actually broken?


Scratch that. It's an IE-ism, works fine in FF 1.5.0.3. Specifically which bit of Javascript on the board is broken, anyway?
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#283058 - 13/06/2006 07:44 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: Roger]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
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Specifically which bit of Javascript on the board is broken, anyway?


Not saying it's broken, just doesn't work for me. In the "Reply to" box I can't get the smilies or Instant UBB Code to work, clicking on them does nothing (in IE & FF) hovering over the smilies shows "javascript:void(0)" and the UBB code "javascript: x()"

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#283059 - 13/06/2006 07:45 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tfabris]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
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This has nothing to do with javascript except for the letters J, A, V, and A in the name.


Right, so where and how does javascript work? (Never understood it or Java)

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#283060 - 13/06/2006 08:28 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tahir]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
It doesn't work for me either.
I get an "Error on page" error in the status bar

Line: 155
Char: 1
Error: Object Expected
Code: 0
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#283061 - 13/06/2006 10:32 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: furtive]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
Is this perhaps a BBS error since the upgrade?

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#283062 - 13/06/2006 12:20 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
I'm not sure when the upgrade was, but the smilies haven't worked for me for a few weeks.
I've been getting the correct symbols from the pop-up notes.


Everything else seems to work for me in firefox.
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#283063 - 13/06/2006 12:49 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: Robotic]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
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Everything else seems to work for me in firefox.


Can you do a linky (or anything else in the UBB Code box)?

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#283064 - 13/06/2006 13:18 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: Robotic]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
The upgrade was a few weeks back. The instant UBB code hasn't worked from that date in Firefox. I've yet to try with IE.

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#283065 - 13/06/2006 13:20 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tahir]
CrackersMcCheese
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
You can do links and images etc but you have to manually type in the code.

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#283066 - 13/06/2006 13:40 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tahir]
drakino
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
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Right, so where and how does javascript work? (Never understood it or Java)


Javascript lives purely in the browser and is not added to the browser by any plugin (java plugin, flash, etc). Proper history, including how it is an offspin of ECMAScript at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

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#283067 - 13/06/2006 13:45 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: tahir]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
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Can you do a linky (or anything else in the UBB Code box)?

Oh- no. I didn't notice that I couldn't because I've always just added that manually anyway.
None of "Instant Graemlins Instant UBB Code Font color" work for me, either.
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#283068 - 13/06/2006 13:58 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: drakino]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Proper history, including how it is an offspin of ECMAScript

I can't find a definition of "offspin" except in the cricketing sense, so maybe it does indeed mean the reverse of "spinoff", but just for certainty's sake, Javascript was lashed together at Netscape, and only later standardised as ECMAScript. ECMAScript compliance only, without reimplementing all the Netscape Javascript foibles, is not good enough for real-world web browsers.

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#283069 - 13/06/2006 14:13 Re: Javascript won't work [Re: peter]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
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Proper history, including how it is an offspin of ECMAScript

I can't find a definition of "offspin" except in the cricketing sense, so maybe it does indeed mean the reverse of "spinoff", but just for certainty's sake, Javascript was lashed together at Netscape, and only later standardised as ECMAScript. ECMAScript compliance only, without reimplementing all the Netscape Javascript foibles, is not good enough for real-world web browsers.



Thanks guys

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