151936 - fipa.org - Javascript roll-over images not working correctly

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Dale]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611
BuildID:    2002061104

The graphical links on the images in the middle of this page do not work; also,
the Javascript roll-over images (which should change the mouse-over image to
yellow) do not work either.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.fipa.org/repository/bystatus.html
2. Move the mouse of the 'Preliminary' graphic
3. Try to click on 'Preliminary'

Actual Results:  1. When the mouse is moved over the 'Preliminary' graphic,
nothing happens, but the cursor does change to the finger pointer
2. When the link on 'Preliminary' is clicked, the page does not open

Expected Results:  1. When the mouse moves of the 'Preliminary' graphic, it
should change to a yellow-highlighted image
2. When the link on 'Preliminary' is clicked, it should follow the link (this
can be achieved with right-click and then 'Open in new window'

If it helps, the Javascript for this site was developed with NetObjects Fusion
MX, version 6.20.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

it looks like the JS Code use Layers for Mozilla.

Error: this.style.layers has no properties
Source File: http://www.fipa.org/script.js
Line: 39

I bet this is TE but I'm not sure.... but this is never a blocker
Phil: Do you have 2 seconds for this ? (/me should learn JS)

Comment 2

[Richard Godbee]

Should be TE.  The HTML contains layers, and the JavaScript manipulates those
layers to achieve the mouseover effects.  The link is really an onClick event
that doesn't work because of the Javascript errors (because layers don't exist
in Mozilla).

Comment 3

[Phil Schwartau]

Correct; reassigning to Tech Evangelism. The site does not sniff
for Mozilla/N6/N7. All they do is check |navigator.appName|:

            var F_NN=navigator.appName=='Netscape';


Subsequent codepaths for Netscape rely on this, and include 
calls to layer functionality; for example, see the line below:


function F_nn_mouseMove(e)
{
  F_P2(e);

  if ((document.F_dragLayer != null) &&(document.F_dragLayer.length > 0))
  {
    var d = document.F_dragLayer[0].layer; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    if ((document.F_dragLayer.length == 1) && (d.fastDrag))
    {
      var BA = d.Q4 - e.pageX;
      var BB = d.Q5 - e.pageY;
      d.Q4 = d.Q4 - BA;
      d.Q5 = d.Q5 - BB;
      d.offset(-BA, -BB);
    } 
    else
    {
      F_drag(e.pageX, e.pageY);
    }

    return false;
  }
}

Comment 4

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

tech evang june 2003 reorg

Comment 5

[Thomas]

I checked the description and today I got those expected results with my Mozilla
1.8a5

Comment 6

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

Tested today, still doesn't work.

Comment 7

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

Footer:
	

© 2005 Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents. All Rights Reserved.

Please send comments to webmaster(at)fipa.org



What the webmaster has been doing since 2005 I don't know.

Comment 8

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Hmm I have little hope the site will be fixed given the history of the bug, but the reporter of the bug seems to be the author of the site.

<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Jonathan Dale">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="NetObjects Fusion MX for Windows">


So maybe he can help us understand the status of all this.

Comment 9

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

Since the site author is the reporter and hasn't responded in 14 years, I'm going to close this issue as WONTFIX.