msIE & javascript : some help needed!!!

[baad]

Hey, i wonder, if anybody knows about any 'connections' between msIE versions & javascript versions? (like with netscape)
I've got a problem: on Mac OS (if it does any matter) in msIE-5 my page looks almost fine, but in msIE-4.5 no one of js functions doesn't work. Even 'rollover images' doesn't roll_over. May be that's all 'couse i write, for example, onMouseOver="..." , but not onMouseOver="javascript:..."
I don't know, what's my problem, plizzz, anybody, help!!!!

 

[rjr9999]

Simply put, Microsoft is starting another monopoly...IE 5.x+ uses Jscript (microsofts version of javascript...which by the way, netscape created, now microsoft is stealing another idea like they did from mac with windows *grumble). It's not all that much different, but, as with any programming language, it has to be exact. Obviously you've learned Jscript, not javascript, get yourself a book on "Javascript" and see if you can read up on that, as it seems if you try to find a tutorial online, they call Jscript javascript too...microsoft junkies all over the place *grumbles*...anyway, hope that helps, good luck

Rob

 

[trc]

I am having a similar problem. It is an issue regarding IE for pc, IE for Mac and Netscape for pc. I have drop down menus that do not work. The code is in Javascript not jscript but it does not look the same in any of the browsers. In fact the code does not work at all in Netscape and does not show up in IE for Mac.

 

[baad]

>trc:
have u solve this problem? i'm still interested...

best regards, vic

 

[tsdragon]

Don't you find it amusing that Netscape "invented" Javascript, but Microsoft does it better? I've found things in Netscape's developer.com that don't even work like their supposed to.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[rycamor]

Oh please... If you are comparing Comparing Netscape 4.x javascript to IE5, it's quite unfair. If you are comparing Javascript 1.5 on Mozilla (Netscape6), then it's a much more powerful Javascript than Microsoft's attempt. And what's with the quotes around "invented"? Yes, Netscape did invent Javascript, and the world is a better place for it.

Microsoft has just done a few *proprietary* extensions with JScript, most of which only work on IE5+ for WINDOWS, in it's usual "embrace and extend" maneuvers. These extensions, some of which have really questionable security models, have convinced a lot of people that Netscape is a loser, simply because they won't work on Netscape. Of course not! They are proprietary to IE.

I see people grumbling all the time about Netscape 6 "not working" right, and it's usually because they are trying an IE-specific function, without even bothering to read the new Javascript documentation. Ironically IE5 for Macintosh is more like Mozilla than it is like IE5 for windows, following the open DOM specifications much more closely.

Also, as to any bugs in NS6, that's because Netscape jumped the gun. Mozilla (

http://www.mozilla.org)

itself is just now at version .9, and running much faster and better than NS6. Check it out; you can download the windows binary and it now loads at least twice as fast as NS6.

vituz -- if you are still having trouble, please show us your code, and I'm sure it will be no problem to fix.

 

[baad]

i uploaded just a part of my code onto

http://www.mymenu.narod.ru/

(i've already posted this shortcut here)
it works under IE so far...
sorry for a slowest downloading & working - i just have no time to add image preloading...
it is a menu bar & submenu items must appear one by one when the main level menu item is clicked, and dissapear when another menu item is clicked; 1st, 3rd & 8th items have no 'children'

well, the problem is:
when i load this page on Mac OS9 IE4.5 i see only the first menu item called 'logos' and thats it.
on IE5.0 (Mac) & IE5.0 (PC) it looks pretty good for me (not ideal, but it works at least)
what's the deal?

thanks anyway, vic

 

[baad]

hi!

well, now again about my * page *:
i downloaded it (on MAC) today & somehow it works... (may be it worked before, but almost all layers take their positions far away from the viewport's sizes & i didnt saw them ) - very silly!!

well, now i've got another question, but i posted it in new thread : thread216-82839