On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 01:17:25PM +1100, Alan L Tyree wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:09:08 +1100 > "Martin Visser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You probably would need to specify the site - as it probably is a > > matter of bad jasvascript code that someone more knowledgable than me > > could comment on. I know from my iPaq (PDA) running Windows Mobile, > > many sites buttons just don't work. My presumption has been that IE on > > Windows Explorer only has a subset of the standard Javascript > > functionality. I am guessing it probably also applies to your choice > > of Linux powered web browsers. > > It's a proprietary site: www.lexisnexis.com/au/legal Needs a username > and password to sign on. Frustrating thing is that they specify Firefox > 2.x as being an acceptable browser. Indeed, when I log on with Opera > they give me a warning message. > > I can log on through another channel using IE and it works. > > I thought maybe I had done something that screwed up the javascript in > Firefox (well, Iceweasel). have you got the noscript plugin ? > > > > > > I would have thought that the number of users now trying to browse > > from phone-like and PDA-like devices would have driven web framework > > and web developers to think more about a diverse userbase, but they > > still seem to cater for only the top 2 or 3 browser platforms and > > think everyone is running a cinematic widescreen. (And that doesn't > > even talk about accessibility issues for screen readers, different > > languages, etc) > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alan L Tyree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Can anybody explain this to me? I'm using Debian Etch. > > > > > > I connect to a commercial site that uses javascript "buttons" to > > > initiate searches. With Iceweasel, Epiphany and Galeon, they don't > > > work. With Opera they work just fine. > > > > > > They used to work with Iceweasel - I don't know if I changed any > > > settings or not. The javascript is activated in the preferences and > > > allowed to do anything in the "Advanced" options. > > > > > > Driving me nuts. Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Alan > > > > > > -- > > > Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > > > Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 > > > FWD: 615662 > > > -- > > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > > Subscription info and FAQs: > > > http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, Martin > > > > Martin Visser > > > > > -- > Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 > FWD: 615662 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
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