some errors thrown on IE, not FF....

[maya]

a lot of sites I visit (for example cnn.com) I get JavaScript errors
ONLY in IE, not in FF, I suspect this has to do w/pop-up blockers, can't
developers at these sites write code to handle pop-up blockers? (at
CNN JS error appears every few seconds..0

at this site,
http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTech.../tt0114.html#1 I get a
"syntax error" JavaScript error, ONLY in IE, not in FF.. how come a
syntax error shows up only on IE and not IE?

just curious..

thank you..

[Randy Webb]

maya said the following on 4/8/2007 4:12 PM:

a lot of sites I visit (for example cnn.com) I get JavaScript errors
ONLY in IE, not in FF, I suspect this has to do w/pop-up blockers, can't
developers at these sites write code to handle pop-up blockers? (at
CNN JS error appears every few seconds..0

I get no errors on cnn's site.

at this site,
http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTech.../tt0114.html#1 I get a
"syntax error" JavaScript error, ONLY in IE, not in FF.. how come a
syntax error shows up only on IE and not IE?

Because the code is acceptable in FF and not in IE. It is usually the
other way around.

A better place/person to ask would be the wannabe web-masters of the site.

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Randy Webb wrote :

maya said the following on 4/8/2007 4:12 PM:

>at this site,
http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTech.../tt0114.html#1 I get a
"syntax error" JavaScript error, ONLY in IE,

On the load event, once the page has been loaded, yes, only in IE.

not in FF.. how come a

>syntax error shows up only on IE and not IE?

Because the code is acceptable in FF and not in IE. It is usually the
other way around.

Error : syntax error
File : http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTech.../tt0114.html#1
Line : 59
Source code:
if( this.value==this.defaultValue ) this.value=;

Even Firefox will report an error if you focus the input search

<input class="searchfield" name="qt" class="medium" size="7"
onFocus="if( this.value==this.defaultValue ) this.value=;" value="Search">

This was the reported error by IE. So both browsers report the error and
the same one.

Gérard
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