It's a bit pedantic, but it's actually IE that has this wrong. Since Firefox's ecmascript implementation is the basis for the ecmascript standard- any deviation from firefox that IE exhibits is by definition breaking the standard. Cute eh?
On Nov 22, 2007 10:12 AM, Karl Lurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Firefox is also a little naughty when it comes to Javascript parsing. > A friend of mine pointed out how he always gets caught out when > declaring objects in JSON: > > var JsonObject{ > objectFunction:function() { > // blah > }, // extra comma here... > } > > Firefox will happily parse this object without complaint, while IE > will throw a syntax error. The syntax error may rear its head in > firefox if you minify your Javascript. All of a sudden, your > once-working Javascript will start to fail in Firefox too... > > Karl > > > On Nov 22, 2007 5:22 AM, Kurt Lovelace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James' advice is it -- there are gobs of plug-ins for FireFox. > > > > There are plug-ins to not only validate HTML but whole singular > > toolkits for working with the entire plethora of site spewage: > > cookies, CSS, images, links, Id tags, div orders, stack levels, > > anchors, block sizes, frames, headers, deprecated elements, feed > > validation, section 508 validation, Dom inspectors, speed reports, etc > > cetera. > > > > One FireFix plug-in does it all: Web Developer by Chris Pederick > > located at > > > > Http://www.chrispederick.com/work/web-developer > > > > Is the über-plugin you are wanting. > > > > I routinely use it to deconstruct sites and quickly resolve issues. > > > > Regarding closed tags...not all need closing. Let not my comment start > > a spec war discussion please. > > > > The Best, > > > > -=KuRt=- > > > > Kurt Lovelace > > MindRoot Media Inc > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Chris Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I build websites on a Mac and have to check my websites on another > > > machine in order to view them in IE. > > > > > > I experience the usual issues with IE applying css differently than > > > Firefox but my biggest frustrations, lately, have come from errors > > > in my html that Firefox has happily ignored but IE has faithfully > > > shown up. > > > > > > Its traditional to knock IE6 for its non-compliance but its done a > > > good job of validating my html lately. > > > > > > I would like to get my Firefox to toughen up and show up errors in > > > the html without having to submit it to a validator? > > > > > > The problem usually comes from missing closing tags. > > > > > > Kind Regards > > > -- > > > Chris Price > > > > > > Choctaw > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.choctaw.co.uk > > > > > > Tel. 01524 825 245 > > > Mob. 0777 451 4488 > > > > > > Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder > > > while Excellence is in the Hand of the Professional > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -+- Sent on behalf of Choctaw Media Ltd -+- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > Choctaw Media Limited is a company > > > registered in England and Wales > > > with company number 04627649 > > > > > > Registered Office: > > > Lonsdale Partners, > > > Priory Close, > > > St Mary's Gate, > > > Lancaster LA1 1XB > > > United Kingdom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************