251245 - sjpd.org uses <% stuff %> which is silly

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

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<% stuff %> in head tag is hidden in IE, but visible in mozilla

I'll attach a test case

esther found this while browsing http://www2.sjpd.org/MyNeighborhoodMap.cfm

Comment 1

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Attachment: test case

Comment 2

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never mind the part about the head tag.

<% blah %> is hidden in IE, but not mozilla, even in the body.

Comment 3

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see also bug #127934

Comment 4

[Jo Hermans]

I though these were invalid elements. Processing instructions with "<?" are
mentioned in <http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#sgmlfeatures>, but
not "<%".

Comment 5

[Bill Mason]

According to bz in bug 204704 comment 3, what we are doing is most likely correct.

<% %> is treated as a comment tag by IE, but it shouldn't be by Moz.

Comment 6

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

This look like a dupe of bug 72565 (RESOLVED INVALID)

Comment 7

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perhaps then this should morph into an evagelism bug, where we ask
http://www2.sjpd.org to fix their page?

Comment 8

[Bill Mason]

(In reply to comment #7)
> perhaps then this should morph into an evagelism bug, where we ask
> http://www2.sjpd.org to fix their page?

Probably, since that's what become of my bug 204704 when I ran into this issue.

Comment 9

[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.

Sorry for the bugspam; filter on "NO MORE PRE-2010 TE BUGS" to remove.