167494 - blank javascript console box opens for no reason if I click on javascript link

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 165919

(Core Graveyard :: Error Console, defect)

Description

[phoenix]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

When clicking on one of the "1 | 2 | 3" hyperlinks on the bottom middle of the
example page, a blank javascript console box (identical to when the javascript
console is opened from the Tools | Web Development menu) will open; otherwise
the page operates correctly.
The console box can be closed with no other problems.
If another one of the hyperlinks is clicked while the console box is open, the
box will flash and return.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open page in Mozilla: http://www.beyondphilosophy.com/pages/case_study2.htm
2. Click on any one of the "1 | 2 | 3" hyperlinks on the bottom middle of the page.
Actual Results:  
The page text will update correctly, but a blank javascript console box will open.

Expected Results:  
Update the page; no other action.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

*sigh*
the links link to javascript:
javascript: will open js console

so this is probably expected behaviour....

Comment 2

[phoenix]

Perhaps Mozilla should have an 'advanced' and 'basic' mode, where basic
suppesses things like this, as does IE?
Unskilled users (like me) may get confused when an empty box opens every time
they click on an otherwise normal hyperlink.

Comment 3

[John Morrison]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 165919 ***