From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 20:07:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DE537B401 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 20:07:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 255-214.ip.ll.net (255-214.ip.ll.net [209.131.255.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A964401A for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 20:07:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jimd_NOSPAM@siu.edu) Received: from siu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebsd2.localnet10 (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6435vh7000842 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:06:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jimd_NOSPAM@siu.edu) Message-Id: <200307040306.h6435vh7000842@freebsd2.localnet10> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:05:57 -0500 (CDT) From: jimd_NOSPAM@siu.edu To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1057286203.3696.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Continuing problems with gnome + mozilla pulldown menus X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jimd@siu.edu List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 03:07:29 -0000 By looking at BestBuy's web page source, there are specific tests which exclude Opera and look for Navigator4 or IE (5?) browsers. I sometimes have to open a pulldown in a new tab to get it to "work", otherwise I seem to always wind up in Cameras on pulldown selection #2-n. On 3 Jul, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 17:44, Mike Harding wrote: >> Pulldowns don't work right in gnome, in freebsd and linux. >> http://www.bestbuy.com is an example, this is impossible to use under >> gnome but works great in kde or windowmaker. I get tired of having to >> switch out of gnome to get this stuff working - is there anybody out >> there that has a clue as to what is going on? As far as my use of >> mozilla goes - I think that other browsers have the same problem, and >> I -like- mozilla. > > I can reproduce your problem here with Sawfish and Metacity. It looks > like BestBuy may have some bad JavaScript. For example, Opera refuses > to draw the pull-downs with the following error: > > Error: > name: TypeError > message: Statement on line 1: Expression evaluated to null or undefined > and is not convertible to Object: document.all.CamerasMenu > > This may be related to why they don't work under GNOME. That said, I > have no idea why they work in other desktop environments. Have you run > this by the Mozilla or GNOME developers?