177437 - lycos.com.cn - Not able to login to chat

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: Chinese-Simplified, defect)

Description

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

(Please view this page with the encoding set to
  Chinese (GB2312)

** Observed with current Mozilla trunk build (2002-10-29)
   and also with Mozilla 1.0.x branch build, & Netscape 7-rtm **

Problem description:

0. Go to the above URL.
1.Enter a nickname into the input field on the left side of the page rigth above
where it says ÇëÑ¡ÔñÁÄÌì½çÃæ.

2.Select a caht room from the middle section of the page and click "½øÈë(enter)"
link below its name.

3. Nothing happens and we are not taken to the chat room
   we choose.

We get JS errors here:

Error 1: 

missing name after . operator
Source File: http://chat.lycos.com.cn/mainfuc2.js
Line: 19, Column: 28
Source Code: actionpath=document.kemini.interface.value;

Error2:

addchannel is not defined

Comment 1

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

The cause of this problem is in the following 
lin:

actionpath=document.kemini.interface.value;

in the JS file: http://chat.lycos.com.cn/mainfuc2.js

The problem is the use of the name "interface" to
refer to an object on the page. See this JS reference
page:

http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.5/reference/keywords.html#1004016

It lists "interface" as one of the reserved words for JavaScript.
And I quote:

"The reserved words in this list cannot be used as JavaScript variables,
functions, methods, or object names. Some of these words are keywords used in
JavaScript; others are reserved for future use. "

Comment 2

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

Fix proposal:

1. Change the following line:

 <select name="interface">

at: http://chat.lycos.com.cn/

to something like:


 <select name="itface">

2. Change all occurences of "interface" to something
like "itface" in the file so that it will match the
name used in document in 1. in the following .js file:

http://chat.lycos.com.cn/mainfuc2.js
=================================================

These changes should take care of this problem.

Comment 3

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

The site was contacted about this problem with the
suggestion to fix the problem.
Accepting ...

Comment 4

[Felix Miata]

Conforming summary to TFM item 10 at 
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tech-evangelism/site/procedures.html#file-new

Comment 5

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

INCOMPLETE due to lack of activity since the end of 2009.

If someone is willing to investigate the issues raised in this bug to determine whether they still exist, *and* work with the site in question to fix any existing issues, please feel free to re-open and assign to yourself.

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