89981 - Submenus provided only for IE, not Mozilla/Netscape

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 89979

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Phil Schwartau]

Site provides submenus only for browsers that support document.all.
Here are two included JS files used at the site, showing the problem:

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/menu_sub.js :

//* Netscape check - DO NOT LET NS IN
var isMac = navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac")>-1
if(document.all && !isMac)
{
document.write ("<table ...   

        etc.  
        etc.



Similarly, this included JS file defines functions used in 
mouseovers at the site, and it similarly excludes non-IE browsers
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/menu.js 

// Build menu
function getMenu(deptName,menuName) {                
 if(document.all && !mac) {             
   var top = 0;
   var left = 0;
   var thisDept;
                        
   if(vizDept != null && vizMenu != null) {


             etc.
             etc.


For example, here is the mouseover definition for the "Computers" 
link at the site:

   <td id="computers" onmouseover="getMenu('computers', 'ComputerMenu')">

Because of the non-standard JavaScript, you will get a submenu 
under it in IE, but not in Moz/NN ...

Comment 1

[John Unruh]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 89979 ***

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

Verified Duplicate - 

Comment 3

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

All Evangelism Bugs are now in the Product Tech Evangelism. See bug 86997 for
details.