[plug] Konqueror problems with a bank

[Kim Covil]

> 
> On Wednesday 25 July 2001 02:59, Colin Muller wrote:
> 
> > This may or may not be the problem which is affecting you, but ANZ
> > uses all sort of not-very-cross-browser-compatible JavaScript in an
> > attempt to achieve their vision (and I use the word loosely) of
> I don't think so in this case.  All tests where on the same machine with the 
> same OS running and Java installed.  NS would have been using its own Java I 
> guess, but Opera would have been using the same as the others that failed.

Java != JavaScript...

the main issue with all JavaScript incompatabilities between browsers...
Netscape, IE, Konqueror included is not the language as such as that is
reasonably well agreed upon... they are all ECMA Script... the problem
comes with the document object models they all use being incompatible...

ie they all use the same syntax but they are operating on different
browser objects... so the fact that Netscape JavaScript can refer to
document.window.whatever does not imply that IE will have the same
object structure... or even if it does it may be read only rather than
read-write...

So most of trying to make JavaScript compatible with all the browsers is
trying to find which objects in the different browsers have the
functionality you are trying to use and then adding in wrapper code
with big switch statements to try and pick the right object to call...

I am hoping Konqueror will include a compatiblity layer at some point
that will give you the option of choosing which Object Model to present
to the webpage/script selectable by domain in the same way you can
currently turn javascript on and off based on domain.

Maybe one day...

Cheers

Kim

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