Firefox question

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Michael Laplante

I'm still using v1.0.6.

Sometimes when I visit a site, it won't show properly. Typically, these are
sites that are using Javascript to display images, nav menus, etc. However,
it will work fine in IE. In FF, I haven't turned off Javascript under Tools
| Options | Web Features, so why is this happening? A look at the source
code usually doesn't reveal anything that should be a stopper.

I should add that it's not always consistent. Sometimes the Javascript
works, sometimes it doesn't it. If I go to these free Javascript download
sites and work my way through the examples about a third of them won't work
in FF, but virtually all work fine in IE.

Can someone tell me what's up?

M
 
I'm still using v1.0.6.

Sometimes when I visit a site, it won't show properly. Typically, these are
sites that are using Javascript to display images, nav menus, etc. However,
it will work fine in IE. In FF, I haven't turned off Javascript under Tools
| Options | Web Features, so why is this happening? A look at the source
code usually doesn't reveal anything that should be a stopper.

I should add that it's not always consistent. Sometimes the Javascript
works, sometimes it doesn't it. If I go to these free Javascript download
sites and work my way through the examples about a third of them won't work
in FF, but virtually all work fine in IE.

Can someone tell me what's up?
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Since the beginning, there's been differences between browsers, not so
much in Javascript, but in what's called the DOM. The DOM is the
interface Javascript uses to access and manipulate the document viewed
in the browser. The DOMs have been ever so slowly converging toward a
standard model, but individual quirks remain even today. However, the
situation is far better than it used to be and we're closer than ever to
the point where we can script generically, without regard for which
browser it's going to run in.

What you're seeing are scripts coded for older DOMs, or coded for
features exclusive to a particular browser. It's not your browser's
fault, Firefox is one of the most standards-compliant. There's still a
lot of scripts out there written specifically for IE, the market share
king.
 
I'm still using v1.0.6.

Sometimes when I visit a site, it won't show properly. Typically, these are
sites that are using Javascript to display images, nav menus, etc. However,
it will work fine in IE. In FF, I haven't turned off Javascript under Tools
| Options | Web Features, so why is this happening? A look at the source
code usually doesn't reveal anything that should be a stopper.

I should add that it's not always consistent. Sometimes the Javascript
works, sometimes it doesn't it. If I go to these free Javascript download
sites and work my way through the examples about a third of them won't work
in FF, but virtually all work fine in IE.

Can someone tell me what's up?

M
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Its probably because firefox is a standards compliant browser , and can
only render properly, webpages that are standard compliant.IE being the
dominant market browser doesnt care about standards and indeed , gives it
a marketing edge by not adhering to standards.
http://www.mac360.com/index.php/mac360/more/microsoft_uses_sign_language_
against_web_standards/
me
 
I'm still using v1.0.6.

Sometimes when I visit a site, it won't show properly. Typically, these are
sites that are using Javascript to display images, nav menus, etc. However,
it will work fine in IE. In FF, I haven't turned off Javascript under Tools
| Options | Web Features, so why is this happening? A look at the source
code usually doesn't reveal anything that should be a stopper.

I should add that it's not always consistent. Sometimes the Javascript
works, sometimes it doesn't it. If I go to these free Javascript download
sites and work my way through the examples about a third of them won't work
in FF, but virtually all work fine in IE.

Can someone tell me what's up?

M
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post to alt.fans.mozilla - those folks are pretty good, although you
have a question that has been "asked and answered" so a Google Groups
search may give you what you need.

You can use IEview or IEtab extensions to get around the problem.
 
What you're seeing are scripts coded for older DOMs, or coded for
features exclusive to a particular browser. It's not your browser's
fault, Firefox is one of the most standards-compliant. There's still a
lot of scripts out there written specifically for IE, the market share
king.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the illumination. I'll have to use the View in IE extension to
get around it I guess.

M
 
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