Use jsfiddle.net to create a testcase - this will help.
On 2010-10-26, at 00:02, johnwait wrote:
> Just tried on an Windows XP system, with IE 7.0.5730.13, and it breaks
> with error "'null' is null or not an object".
>
> I have looked at the code (when the debugger loaded), and the error is
> thrown because $('sauce') returns null (hence 'not an object' when
> trying the get() method)
>
> Actually, if you could link an uncompressed version of mootools 1.3 to
> the document, it would help. Otherwise I guess I'll have to debug the
> code locally. So, what's your mootools build like, and do you have the
> compatibility layer on?
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Oct 25, 2:57 pm, Phil Freo <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've had about half of IE7 users tell me it works, and half say it's
>> broken. It might even have to do with a minor release of IE or the
>> version of JS inside IE.
>>
>> What's the full IE7 version you're testing on?
>>
>> I've been able to reproduce the bug so far on:
>> IE 7.0.5730.13IC
>> IE 7.0.5730.13.xpsp.080413-2111
>>
>> On Oct 25, 11:35 am, Oskar Krawczyk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Tested on IE7/xp - works fine (the alert appears).
>>
>>> O.
>>
>>> On 2010-10-25, at 20:13, Phil Freo wrote:
>>
>>>> Hello,
>>
>>>> I've found a pretty bad bug in Mootools 1.3 that didn't exist in 1.2, that
>>>> affects IE6-7 users.
>>
>>>> I've mentioned this on IRC and not everybody is able to reproduce it, but
>>>> I have had several people be able to reproduce it on different computers
>>>> running IE6-7, and it has been the root cause of a lot of user complaints
>>>> recently on Quizlet.com.
>>
>>>> The follow pages "work" if you get an alert('sauce') popup. They don't
>>>> work if you get a JS error. (NOTE: Only IE6-7 are affected).
>>
>>>> Simplified snippet of the bug:
>>>> On 1.2 (this work's fine, alert() msg) ->http://quizlet.com/moo2.htm
>>>> On 1.3 (this is broken in IE6-7, js error, no alert())
>>>> ->http://quizlet.com/moo3.htm
>>
>>>> Screenshots from browsershots.org:
>>>> On 1.3 (IE6, broken)
>>>> ->http://browsershots.org/screenshots/8dac1f27fb13eb66ae567b4cbe86bb1f
>>>> On 1.3 (IE7, broken)
>>>> ->http://browsershots.org/screenshots/5750950ec55a32673d4595bdabc9ffbf
>>>> On 1.2 (IE6, works)
>>>> ->http://browsershots.org/screenshots/ca52437ac6722955a23b7d729f994ce7
>>>> On 1.2 (IE7, works)
>>>> ->http://browsershots.org/screenshots/f9870b41a948a5c6521289e40e047c13
>>
>>>> There's definitely a problem... (I've reproduced it on several different
>>>> real PCs with native IE7 installations, as well as a couple different
>>>> virtual machines with IE6).
>>
>>>> What's the next step here?
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Phil
