Closed Bug 105963 Opened 23 years ago Closed 10 years ago

navy.mil - popup window incorrectly claims ``Clock requires Netscape''

Categories

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: dcary, Unassigned)

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Details

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011011
BuildID:    2001101117

When I see the claim ``Clock requires Netscape'',
I'm almost certain that Mozilla can do it also.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what1.html
2. click the button ``CST/DST''.


Actual Results:  Then a popup window appears saying ``Clock requires Netscape''
with a ``Stop'' button.


Expected Results:  I expected Mozilla to display an animated
clock (with the seconds incrementing).


I *think* the ``CST/DST'' button is merely trying to open page
  http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ctclock.html
.
Workaround: If I manually go to page
  http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ctclock.html
then Mozilla correctly displays the animated clock.

(So maybe this is an actual JavaScript bug, not evangelism ?)
That text is actually the ALT text for an animated gif... do you have animated
gifs turned off?
worksforme.  Reporter, please reopen if you still see this once you have made 
sure you are not blocking images from any relevant servers
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
I just installed
Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 3
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0rc3) Gecko/20020523
and I still see this bug. But I've discovered that *sometimes* that clock works
for me now. Here's a longer sequence of steps that seems to be more reproducible.

1. Completely exit Mozilla.
2. Start Mozilla, and go to http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what1.html
3. click the button ``CST/CDT'' once.
4. Close the small window by clicking on the word ``stop''. (Is this different
than clicking the X in the window title bar ?).
5. click the button ``CST/CDT'' once again.
6. With Mozilla still open, go directly to
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/nph-usnoclock.gif?zone=CST;ticks=31

Before step 5, everything works as expected. A small window pops up and displays
the time. I see the seconds count away.

After step 5,
The small window pops up again, but this time I see the
``Clock requires Netscape'' error message.
I expected to see the same clock (with a slightly later time, of course) after
step 5 that I saw I saw after step 3.

Step 6 gives me this message:
--
  The image
“http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/nph-usnoclock.gif?zone=CST;ticks=31” cannot
be displayed, because it contains errors.
--
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
Your description is correct in every detail. I actually save the file given by
the last link. Also my image viewer complaint, it would be an invalid format. So
there is nothing Mozilla could display. Marking WFM.

pi
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Re-opening. Today I should see a running clock, but instead I (still) see the
text "Clock requires Netscape".

I agree with Piwinger that the bug is almost certainly at the server end, not
with the Mozilla browser software. This sort of bug needs to be filed under
"Tech Evangelism", not "WorksForMe", right ?
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
this works for me in mozilla 2003081809/win2k. if this does not work for you
please provide more details on your build/operating system etc. if you are using
something older than mozilla 1.4 or are using a older 1.5a build, please update
to a newer build before reopening.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
dcary is correct. When you open the window a seceond time the error occurs.

pi
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
OS: Windows 98 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
Confirming.

pi
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Ok. I see it now. 

1. Click on any of the buttons to display the clock.
2. Click on the close window X
3. Click on the same button again to display the clock.
4. Click stop / exit (depending on button) to close the window
5. Click on the button again.

The animated clock works until you do step 5 when the image fails to display and
you get the ALT text.

The difference is the Exit / Stop button does win = window.close(). I am
assuming something is leaked and the nph output for the image is not received.

jst, what do you think? I think this is a bug in the browser either in DOM 0
(because of the window.close interaction) or something in netwerk or images.
Summary: popup window incorrectly claims ``Clock requires Netscape'' → navy.mil - popup window incorrectly claims ``Clock requires Netscape''
->default
Assignee: bc → english-us
QA Contact: zach → english-us
problem still exists
seems to work fine
The tag ALT="Clock requires Netscape" of the above mentioned GIF is still there but the popup is displayed just fine. Plus, the "How to" page (http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/howclock.html) states the following:

>> "A note about browsers...
>> The running GIF clock was developed for browsers that support
>> 
>>     Content-type:  multipart/x-mixed-replace
>>     
>> 
>> Netscape and Mozilla do this correctly. Internet Explorer does not." 

So this is WFM.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9
→ ping tycho.usno.navy.mil
PING tycho.usno.navy.mil (199.211.133.239): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
Request timeout for icmp_seq 4
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
Assignee: english-us → nobody
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago10 years ago
Component: English US → Desktop
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Tech Evangelism → Web Compatibility
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