72297 - [LAYER] Opinionlab component does not work due to document.layers and maybe other DOM0 features

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[/\/\arcio Galli]

This web page uses the opinionlab.com code component that's it's not Standards
Compliant yet. See URL and look there is no DHTML icon in the bottom-right of
the page.

Cases like this site are important because other pages in the web uses the
opinionlab component. Note that the component is the small DHTML code that
appears in the right-bottom of the screen, aka -> [+] icon.

Comment 1

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

confirmed and fix url.

The site itself has problems since it does not detect anything but 4.x browser
versions:

if ((navigator.appVersion.indexOf("4") !=0)) {
alert("This site is best viewed using a 4.0 or higher browser."); }

The site uses old Macromedia JS (MM_ stuff) that I have seen elsewhere and may
need targeting itself.

As for the opinion ranking JS (see
http://www.o-pinion.com/onlineopinion_20/onlineopinion.js), it correctly detects
Mozilla but treats NS4 and Mozilla identically with regard to manipulating
layers. This code is not that difficult (although it is hard to read) and they
should be able to update it without much effort if someone were to show them the
light.

Comment 2

[/\/\arcio Galli]

an update:

major web site using opinion lab component:
http://www.adobe.com/products/atmosphere/sampleworlds.html

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

Reassigning evangelism bugs to [e-mail].

Comment 4

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

This site has upgraded their home page and their feedback tool to support
Mozilla. I just looked at the page and used the menus and the feedback tool to
compliment them on supporting Mozilla. :)

Comment 5

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

All Evangelism Bugs are now in the Product Tech Evangelism. See bug 86997 for
details.

Comment 6

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

-> VERIFY