219223 - ucsb.edu - JavaScript that only works in IE

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Spawned off from bug 188153 comment 21.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. load URL
2. hover the mouse over the slider image as page instructs you to

ACTUAL RESULT:
Nothing happens

EXPECTED RESULT:
The image should be replaced with another image

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

The problem is the "toggle" function in the same page:

function toggle(imgID,imgObj) {

        if (browserVer == 1) {
                document.images[imgID].src = eval(imgObj + ".src")
        }
}


There is a sniffer above it which results in browserVer=2 for Mozilla.

Comment 2

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Contact: [e-mail]

Comment 3

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

perfect example of obsolete vendor version detection. they should have done
something like

function toggle(imgID,imgObj) {

        if (document.images) {
                document.images[imgID].src = imgObj["src"];
        }
}

See <http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/browser-detection/>

Mats, can you go ahead and contact them?

Comment 4

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Reply from [e-mail]:

Don't use Mozilla!  Use Internet Explorer of Netscape 4.7 or IE 6+.  Mozilla
is major problem for web site developers because it requires too much
customized attention for specialized applications.

D. Sears

Comment 5

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

I'll leave this one for you Bob.

Comment 6

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Linked site no longer exists.