20909 - [LAYER]Not showing DOM elements using javascript on M11

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect, P2)

Description

[Raj Chandra]

I got a blank page each time, using M11 browser on a Win NT(service pack 4.0)
system. The expected content of this page is that, the text wipes in and out.

This works in Navigator 4.7, but gives javascript error on IE 4.0

Comment 1

[troy]

*** Bug 20912 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[troy]

*** Bug 20914 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[troy]

*** Bug 20915 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[troy]

*** Bug 20916 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[troy]

*** Bug 20918 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[troy]

*** Bug 20920 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[troy]

*** Bug 20919 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[rods (gone)]

It also gives an error in IE 5.0

I have spent some time here trying to get a better understanding of what exactly
is wrong.

Possible issues:
script in the body tag
variable scoping

The author/reporter of this bug needs to submit (provide an attachment) a
reduced test case for just one of the issues. The complexity of this example
makes it too difficult to research further.

Comment 9

[vidur (gone)]

In an attempt to get my bug list in order again, marking all the bugs I have
currently as ASSIGNED.

Comment 10

[vidur (gone)]

As much as the author has tried to remove layerisms from the tests, the scripts
use layer-specific JS methods and properties to perform the animations (none of
which work in Mozilla or IE). See the discussion on
netscape.public.mozilla.layout regarding layers support. The tests can be
modified to work in Mozilla and IE by modifying the "style" property of the
positioned elements. For example, elem.style.visibility = "visible" as opposed
to elem.visibility = "visible". Note that not all layer properties may translate
as well to CSS properties.

Comment 11

[ekrock's old account (dead)]

Emailed page owner with upgrade info.

Comment 12

[ekrock's old account (dead)]

Moving all [LAYER] bugs to Evangelism component for tracking and open-source
evangelism by mozilla community members of sites that need to upgrade to support 
web standards such as HTML 4.0 (instead of LAYER/ILAYER) and the W3C DOM
(instead of Nav4 document.layers[] or IE document.all()). Sites should be
lobbied to do the upgrade using the email templates that are linked to from
http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/bugathon.html#layerbugs . When a site's owner
has confirmed receipt of the message requesting an upgrade, the bug should be
marked with the keyword evangelized to indicate that evangelism for that bug is
complete. When the site finishes the upgrade and supports standards, the bug
should be closed.

Comment 13

[ekrock's old account (dead)]

Marking bug evangelized and clearing cc:s as courtesy to reduce spam.

Comment 14

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

SPAM:Changing QA contact on 111 evang bugs as I am now the new QA contact for 
this component.

Sorry about the spam

zach

Comment 15

[Blake Ross]

Reassigning Evangelism bugs to me, the component's new owner.  I would like to 
take this opportunity to thank [e-mail] for all of his dedication, 
contributions, and hard work, and wish him luck at his new job.  Thanks, nobody.

Comment 16

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Removing the evangwanted keyword from 49 evangilizm bugs that also 
have the evangelized keyword. Having both of these keywords on a bug 
makes it really hard to do a query for all open evangilizm bugs that are 
evangwanted. Sorry for the spam.

Comment 17

[Blake Ross]

-> [e-mail] for my evangelism bugs.

removing the now-depreciated evangelism-related keywords.

setting platform to All.

Comment 18

[Fabian Guisset]

Reporter, I cannot reach the site.. Has the site moved/been upgraded/something
else'd? Thanks.

Comment 19

[Fabian Guisset]

After a short email discussion with a member of the imagicast.com team, I am
marking this wontfix. This page was designed for ns4 two years ago, and will
likely not be updated.
Thanks,
Fabian. (more work for you zach ;))

Comment 20

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Oh I just love my job...I guess I can verify this, since I told you to wontfix it in 
the first place

Comment 21

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

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