285180 - my.pitt.edu - javascript doesn't work properly in mozilla

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Neil Paris]

This site requires a login, so I'll upload the JS and a screenshot of the site.

The tabs "My Pages" and "Communities" are supposed to have a menu popout on
rollover, but these do not work in Mozilla.

The js file is:
http://my.pitt.edu/portal/common/JScriptFunctions/HM_ScriptNS4.js and a
screenshot of the site is: http://i143.exs.cx/img143/3664/pittportal9st.png

Loading the page gives two errors in the js console:
Error: Layer is not defined
Source File: http://my.pitt.edu/portal/common/JScriptFunctions/HM_ScriptNS4.js
Line: 192

and

Error: document.layers has no properties
Source File: http://my.pitt.edu/portal/mypage/mypage.asp?UserID=89603
Line: 53

Hovering over one of the tabs will throw several more errors like:
Error: tabHover is not defined
and
Error: tabOut is not defined

Finally, on the right side, the links are js. For example, the "View account
information" link will give:

Error: login is not defined
Source File:
https://my.pitt.edu/portal/gateway/gateway.asp?GID=363&CID=0&URL=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure-gadgets.cssd.pitt.edu%3A443%2FGadgets%2Faccountstools%2FmenuChoice.asp%3FURL%3D%2Fstatus%2Fstatus.asp
Line: 12

with a blank window.

I'm guessing there are simple js errors going on here, but I don't know what
they are.

Comment 1

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

Neil, the site was written for Navigator 4 and probably IE 4 and does not
support browsers which implement the W3C DOM Standards. Really quite astonishing.

The specific errors you pasted have to do with Layers which Mozilla, Mozilla
Firefox do not support. You might try [e-mail] and see what they have
to say.

Comment 2

[Neil Paris]

Sorry, I did email them already (before I opened this bug :) )

Their response:

Neil Paris,

Thank you for your Web Ticket and your email.    This email is to answer
both, your ticket submitted via our website and your email (Re: Portal
operability issues using Mozilla)...

The Lab department will update the computers as needed and, but only after
extensive testing.  They will consider including Mozilla products (along
with many others) for the next build generation.

The Portal has been written for Internet Explorer and Netscape but has not
been updated to work with Mozilla as of yet.

Please visit our website to keep updated on our Information Technology
projects <http://technology.pitt.edu>

Comment 3

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

While they are considering supporting the W3C Standards, I recommend you
consider another school. ;-)

Comment 4

[Thomas K. (:tom)]

I would suggest asking them to "consider" making their site work with the latest
version of Netscape, and once they do that, reveal magically that Netscape 8 is
based on Firefox, and if they build for Netscape 7.2 reveal it's based off mozilla.

It's a bit sneaky, but more likely that they'll make it work with a newer
netscape than a "whole different browser".

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

assuming wfm because the NS4 scripts are gone