Re: javascript:void(0)
On 2015-02-13, Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Friday, February 13, 2015 07:12:37 AM Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> On 2015-02-13, Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
>> > Greetings;
>> >
>> > Is there any way to get rid of all these boring screen decorations
>> > saying javascipt doesn't work?
>> >
>> > There are quite a few javascript "engines" installed, but I haven't
>> > managed to find that Magic Twanger yet.
>> >
>> > Is this a conscious effort to get rid of javascript? Or can it be
>> > fixed with additional packages installed?
>> >
>> > Thanks all.
>> >
>> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>>
>> Could you tell us what Debian release and browser you are using, and
>> what web pages cause the behaviour you describe? Then we would be in a
>> better position to help you.
>
> This is a special compilation that is 99.9% Wheezy, put together by the
> LinuxCNC people, using the wheezy repos with a couple added lines in the
> /etc/apt/sources.list, available as the hybride-iso on the linuxcnc.org
> web site. The previous install I ran for quite a while was ubuntu-10.04.4
> LTS, with a special RTAI patched kernel, and it started doing this also
> shortly after the hurrah about javascript having an exploitable problem. I
> figured it would be fixed by now in a newer install. It effects anything
> that looks like a browser, Konqueror, iceweasal, firefox, but have not
> checked w3m however.
w3m doesn't support javascript, so you won't have any javascript-related
trouble with it. :-)
[SNIP]
> Now, the javascript problem? Still remains. A PIMA, if I goto
> www.cbsnews.com it will start to display it, for perhaps a second, then
> this warning pops up and completely displaces the sites content downward
> and off screen about twice the height of the screen so at first glance,
> you assume the site is not available, but on this 1920x1280 monitor, its
> still there but you have to scroll down about 1.5 to 2x the screens height
> to see the sites contents.
>
> Slashdot for instance, has about 50% of its screen area devoted to
> javascript errors. The site can still be used by iceweasal but its quite
> annoying. Konqueror just throw up its hands and sits there, no response to
> clicking on any sublink on any of the mainsleeze news sites.
That's bizarre. I have no such issues with www.cbsnews.com or
slashdot.org when using iceweasel. I don't use konqueror, so I can't
offer a comparison there.
What do the errors say?
>
> Lots of javascript stuff is installed, but something is blocking its use.
> and no "blockers" like add-block and its ilk are installed.
>
> Thanks Liam.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Liam
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