changes in IE7 - status line?

[cresbydotcom]

Hi

I have been using a line

    self.status= goforit ;

in older browsers and suddenly realised the "status" function has changed, it no longer reports any content. see

http://cresby.com

and "errors".

I am using the status line to put a message (the day of the month - eg "3rd Fri").

Any ideas what I should do to get a message into the status line in IE7 (& probably IE6).
Or is that function no longer available?
Or is there a convenient URL to list the changes from browser to browser?

failing that I will have to play with layers (ugh).

I am trying to remain backward compatible with legacy browsers and legacy audience.

there is a tide in the affairs of man that you Cnut ignore.................

 

[cresbydotcom]

just found this page (vintage 2002) and it behaves the same, no access to status line. Even though it is saying it should work. IE7 or JavaScript changes?

http://www.albany.edu/~pl7644/isp361/statuslines.html

there is a tide in the affairs of man that you Cnut ignore.................

 

[Clueful]

On current browsers it's controlled by a user setting, and the default is Off.

Try

document.title += myDate

 

[markros]

Thanks.

BTW, here is an interesting alternative status

http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/388213.aspx

 

[cresbydotcom]

Thanks folks - I tried on IE6 and it works there.

I did look for a user setting in the browser menus and failed. But that does not help me unless I can overide the user setting in JavaScript which is a bit of an imposition on the surfer.

I will look into the link above.

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[cresbydotcom]

Link above was thought provoking but the code I couldn't get working.

One thing I have noticed, I switched on debugging at work and now a lot of websites throw errors they never did in IE6, including some very professional ones from people who claim to make a sale every 5 seconds (RS Components & Farnell here in the UK).

I am sure Micro$oft would claim security issues, but methinks there is a large element monopolistic tactictilliouness involved.

there is a tide in the affairs of man that you Cnut ignore.................

 

[markros]

I'm getting JavaScript errors on almost all sites after I activated JavaScript debugging...

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Be aware of the difference between actual errors and strict warnings, as well. In Firebug, if you enable "strict JS warnings", you see a lot of things that aren't really errors as such, but might be able to be better coded.

P.S. What on earth does "tactictilliouness" mean?

Dan



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[cresbydotcom]

tactictilliouness.

adj a propensity of deviousness - the condition whereby tactics become a clinical obsession or a commercial one............

c 2008 coinage, ref Tek-Tips.com (!-)

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I asked because I couldn't find it in any dictionary, or by searching online... oddly enough, dictionary.com asks if I wanted to search for "Targeted killings", which I'm sure could be a fun thing to have in my search history ;-)



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