https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29384
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Bug #: 29384
Summary: Internet Explorer 6 and Javascript: Continue or drop
support?
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.17
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: critical
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Javascript
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Here's the deal: somewhere after the introduction of ResourceLoader and the new
MediaWiki javascript library, Internet Explorer 6 suffers an inordinate ammount
of JavaScript abortion problems. Especially calls to mediawiki.util.js, which
are responsible for either "mw.util.[function] is null or not defined" or
"Object expected" errors.
The problem became apparent (on en.wiki) after several wikibits functions in
Common.jss were changed to use mw.util.* instead. The problem also occurs on
Commons and nl.wiki. The *only* way to have a page load correctly, is to issue
a hard-reload (using CTRL-F5); only then are all scripts completed. Otherwise,
either by using a normal reload or a page-click, all scripts are aborted (even
fixalpha and other core scripts).
This has to be an initialization problem, and the casue may lay anywhere,
either in the ResourceLoader or the mw.* library, or somewhere else; I have no
way to be sure. This *may* also be caused by bug:28840, who knows...
Now, as I have no personal interest in IE6 anymore, and the browser is 10 years
old, I am posing the question: is MediaWiki and its JS libraries still
officially supporting IE6? If so, then this bug should be traced and fixed. If
not, IE6 should be removed from the supported browsers list.
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