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Re: javascript:void(0)

On 02/13/2015 09:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:

On Friday, February 13, 2015 09:01:25 AM Liam O'Toole wrote:

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?


If  a pastefrom iceweasal  works:
===
The address wasn't understood

Iceweasel doesn't know how to open this address, because one of the
following protocols (javascript) isn't associated with any program or is
not allowed in this context.
===



Lots of javascript stuff is installed, but something is blocking its
use. and no "blockers" like add-block and its ilk are installed.
Gene, open preferences/applications and search on "java". See what you get. Mine shows "Use Oracle java 7 web start". Your's should have something there, depending on what java is installed. But, you need to inform Iceweasel/Firefox what to do when it intercepts a java request.
Java 8 is so anal, nothing will run without rock-hard certs. You might be better served using Java 7 until your nerves calm down or after taking your meds. I had to check my blood sugar first. After all of the Java exploits, security is at the point nothing wants to run and nothing wants to run it. :) Ric 



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