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DHTML Bug Found in Mozilla 1.2

Posted by michael on from the how-did-that-get-in-there dept.

joyoflinux writes "The people at Mozilla have announced that Mozilla 1.2 contained a bug that caused sites that use DHTML to fail (more on the front page). They have pulled 1.2 from the releases page, pending a 1.2.1 release."

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  1. Get MS Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 by pranalukas · · Score: -1, Troll

    That will fix it

    First post, btw

    1. Re:Get MS Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 by pranalukas · · Score: -1, Troll

      I know... uninstall Mozilla from your system, get rid of Linux/BSD/whatever partition, then install Windows, ask for a refund to Redhat Linux (if your distro is Redhat), or ask for a compensation to GNU/Richard if you use Debian.

      Windows is da best 31337 ! Rox0r!

    2. Re:Get MS Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 by pranalukas · · Score: 0, Troll

      I know MSIE have exploits. Can't you just click the "Windows Update" button from the Start Menu, and when a new window prompts you for security verification, check the box "Always trust content from Microsoft Corporation" before you click the OK button, and then reboot. That should solve it.

      With Linux/BSD/whatever, especially on Gentoo you need to recompile it from some source, and thus it reduces productivity.

      Yeehaa for Windows!

  2. I'm sorry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i cannot help myself i want the f1rst p0st ...so bad

  3. Oh, the OSS zealots would say this is a "feature". by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They would never admit this was a bug.

    If this were an IE bug, you'd never hear the end of it. But since it's Mozilla, they'll find some way of justifying this. Let the silence begin!

  4. A brand new business-model? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1: Write free software.
    2: ?
    3: Fail to use DHTML on mozilla.
    4: Profit!

  5. Re:Interesting by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 0, Troll
    heh, didn't go out of my way, I was wondering if the earlier you post the higher your moderation can go. And I was a little peeved at all the trolls talking about Windows.

    Consider this, though. Retarded means (based on the italian root, or latin, whatever) "slower". So, to describe someone as Retarded means you're probably describing them in relation to yourself. Since the average windows user is "slower" than the average slashdot reader, it's safe to say that Windows lusers are retarded in a slashdot forum.

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  6. Mozilla bugs by pranalukas · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...perhaps that's why there's still Microsoft ads on Slashdot...

  7. Version numbers in mozilla mean anything anymore? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When mozilla 1.0 got released we were all happy that it finally got there, but with so many bugs unfixed and more introduced it seems mozilla although good enough still lags. Themes aren't even back compatible anymore, pages in 1.2 don't render properly but in 1.1 they do - basically we don't know where the project is at and we don't know when it will get better. Maybe they don't have a good source control and accept and throw in patches submitted by anyone? This is a sure recipe for introducing new bugs.

  8. In Fascist USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    John Ashcroft can kill who he pleases.

  9. Does it mean Mozilla can't open certain sites? by pranalukas · · Score: -1, Troll

    I actually tried and downloaded Mozilla 1.2.1 for Windows today. Having installed it on my computer, I tried going to some DHTML-based sites. However, I still keep getting the same error message as 1.2.0 :(

    For example: this site won't work

    1. Re:Does it mean Mozilla can't open certain sites? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      What is this... HETEROSEXUALITY that you dare corrupt us Lunix Lad-Lovers with?

      We demand RIPPED OPEN MAN ANUS for all our masturbatory needs!

      - Hemos

  10. Re:Interesting by pranalukas · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK, maybe you're right about the fact that MSIE has more security flaws than other browsers. That's also because more people are using it and more people found bugs.

    Still, Mozilla and Netscape will never be first class browser with large user base. Don't even think about commercializing Mozilla when it can't open certain DHTML sites. I've tried 1.2.1 (just now) on both Windows and my Debian.

    They still have the same problems. The DHTML functionality hasn't been fixed. Bug #182253, "document.write() eats initial characters in 1.2".It explains why so many sites with DHTML menus are being hit by the current bug. The sites are using document.write() to create them.

    Also, there is a new bug that was just recently discovered. Progressive JPEG rendering in Mozilla hasn't been functioning properly since release 1.2.1. As an example, this image will open properly in MSIE, Netscape 6 and 7, Opera, however it won't open properly in Mozilla.

    So, what steps do you think that Mozilla developers to squash all these bugs?

  11. Re:Someone please explain why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    See this article in the google cache for the details on preferences: preferences.

  12. Re:Someone please explain why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    good reference. I've bookmarked that one.

  13. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mozilla finds the DHTML Bug in YOU!

  14. Suck that!! by Sex_On_The_Beach · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eat that are u MS bashers! Why don't u bash Mozilla for a change.

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  15. Re:Switched (for good) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like the mail-order bride I keep chained in my basement whom I regularly beat and jizz over.

  16. How to properly troll on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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