35909 - page displays with blank content area

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[buster]

using debug build 4/14/00
load the above URL
you'll see the background image paint, but no content appears in the main 
content block in the center of the page.

This error appears in the console:
JavaScript Error: ReferenceError: infobox is not defined
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/ms/dhtml/about.html
Line number: 40

maybe this is an IE-specific thing?

Comment 1

[troy]

It sure does create an awful lot of annoying pop-up windows. I'm reassigning 
this to the DOM guys, because it seems to be JavaScript driven

Comment 2

[toby oxborrow]

Attachment: TESTCASE for hidden page bug

Comment 3

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

toby, thanks a lot from the great testcase! The original URL doesn't work any
more but the testcase does work. The problem is that the JS relies on the IE
specific JS feature that lets you access elements by using their ID in the JS,
the fix is to make the site use the DOM getElementById() call. I tried this in
the testcase and that makes the content area show up. Marking WONTFIX.

Comment 4

[Prashant Desale]

WONTFIX