607188 - Flash video does not work on www.news.com.au

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Alice0775 White]

Build Identifier:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12pre) Gecko/20101025 Firefox/4.0b8pre ID:20101025042833

See forum http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=10057415#p10057415 .

Flash video does not work on www.news.com.au.
Just a gray box.

Error in Error console:

Error: Applying the 'delete' operator to an unqualified name is deprecated
Source file: http://w.news-static.com/v/vcms-00148/js/vcms-min.js
Line: 1, Column: 639
Source code:
ndefined){this.functions[funcName]=new Object();informComm=true}for(var i=0;i<scopeObj.scopeIds.length;i++){var s=scopeObj.scopeIds[i];if(s=="*"){return}this.functions[funcName][s]=callback}if(informComm){var func={globalDataType:this.getDataTypeName("FunctionInfo"),name:funcName,scope:scopeObj};var message=this.wrapMessage("registerFunction",func);this.sendMessage(tpBridgeID,message,true)}};this.unregisterFunction=function(funcName,scope){var scopeObj=this.createScope(scopes);if(this.functions[funcName]!=undefined){var funcs=this.functions[funcName];for(var i=0;i<scopeObj.scopeIds.length;i++){var s=scopeObj.scopeIds[i];if(s=="*"){delete funcs;break}if(funcs[s]!=undefined){delete funcs[s]}}var funcsLeft=false;if(funcs!=undefined){for(var sc in funcs){funcsLeft=true;break}if(!funcsLeft){delete this.functions[funcName]}}}if(!funcsLeft){var func={globalDataType:this.getDataTypeName("FunctionInfo"),name:funcName,scope:scopeObj};var message=this.wrapMessage("unregisterFunction",func);this.sendMessage(tpBridgeID,me


Error: assignment to undeclared variable tyntVariables
Source file: http://resources1.news.com.au/cs/newscomau/css/promotions/2010/06-jun/tynt/tynt.js
Line: 9

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Minefield with new profile
2. Open URL ( http://www.news.com.au/national/former-pm-john-howard-breaks-silence-in-new-book/story-e6frfkvr-1225943046839 )
3. Wait

Actual Results:
 Flash video does not work.
 Just a gray box.

Expected Results:
 Flash video should be loaded.
 And playback button should appear.
 And Click playback button then start video.


Regression window for m-c build:
Works:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b7f3c1c9fb57
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12pre) Gecko/20101025 Minefield/3.7a1pre ID:20091201052221
Fails:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a5e1b195ecf7
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091202 Minefield/3.7a1pre ID:20091202045824
Pushlog:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=b7f3c1c9fb57&tochange=a5e1b195ecf7


Regression window for TM build:
Works:
http://hg.mozilla.org/tracemonkey/rev/c84622414ed3
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091119 Minefield/3.7a1pre ID:20091119045932
Fails:
http://hg.mozilla.org/tracemonkey/rev/2ca2a236da89
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091120 Minefield/3.7a1pre ID:20091120052422
Pushlog:
http://hg.mozilla.org/tracemonkey/pushloghtml?fromchange=c84622414ed3&tochange=2ca2a236da89

Comment 1

[Brendan Eich [:brendan]]

http://w.news-static.com/v/vcms-00148/js/vcms-min.js starts with "use strict"; -- we have seen this before.

/be

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This doesn't seem to be a concatenated script.  Just someone misusing "use strict".

Comment 3

[Brendan Eich [:brendan]]

From bug 630851 we see a similar jquery-based .js file (minified in both cases) starting with "use strict"; but not conforming to strict mode.

Running through jsbeautifier.org and diff'ing, the two scripts are almost alpha-equivalent (packer reaming is off by one letter), with a few ad-hoc deltas.

It could be independent over-eager and untested use of "use strict", or there could be an upstream. How could we identify that upstream?

Anyone know the best way to contact the site?

/be

Comment 4

[Nicholas Nethercote [inactive]]

Using my special Australian crocodile-hunting skills, I found this:

http://www.news.com.au/help/contactus

The "email topic" dropdown menu has a "I've noticed a technical problem with your site".

Comment 5

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

I sent them a comment, via that page, and posted a copy of the comment in bug 630851, which is apparently a duplicate of this.

Comment 6

[Brendan Eich [:brendan]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Using my special Australian crocodile-hunting skills,

It couldn't hurt!

/be

Comment 7

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Waldo, Was there any answer?

Comment 8

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

Not that I remember, but this far removed in time I could easily have forgotten it.

Comment 9

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

no video on that page in any browser (even those that do not support strict mode) - 

I assume new bugs will come in if it's still an issue. Closing.