Culprit for page editing problem?

[DL]

Browser IE8.

Problem / Situation:
Upon loading of a page for editing (this page has multiple JS
scripts), user reported "get a rapidly vibrating error message" which
prevents him from editing while other IE8 users never have such a
problem.

What could be the culprit for this problem? User's IE security
setting? If so, details would be appreciated.

Thanks as always.

Don
P.S. Sorry I have to post it twice to make the post noticable for some
jerk keeps on spamming the NG and drown out my post or that of others.

 

[David Mark]

Browser IE8.

Yes it is (sort of).

Problem / Situation:
Upon loading of a page for editing (this page has multiple JS
scripts), user reported "get a rapidly vibrating error message" which
prevents him from editing while other IE8 users never have such a
problem.

What scripts? Where? Do you understand why nobody is answering your
"question?"

What could be the culprit for this problem? User's IE security
setting? If so, details would be appreciated.

The price of beans in Somalia is...

Thanks as always.

Don
P.S. Sorry I have to post it twice to make the post noticable for some
jerk keeps on spamming the NG and drown out my post or that of others.

Twice?! Some jerk keeps spamming the NG alright.

 

[RobG]

P.S. Sorry I have to post it twice

Thrice, actually.

to make the post noticable for some
jerk keeps on spamming the NG and drown out my post or that of others.

It is more likely that your post hasn't be answered because your issue
has been described so vaguely that no one feels capable of a sensible
answer.

FAQ: 1.4 Why was my post not answered?
<URL: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#noAnswer >

 

[rf]

Browser IE8.

Problem / Situation:
Upon loading of a page for editing (this page has multiple JS
scripts), user reported "get a rapidly vibrating error message"

I'd like to know what a vibrating error message is, especially a rapid one.

And is it , er... stimulating?

 

[Richard Cornford]

I'd like to know what a vibrating error message is,
especially a rapid one.

IE 8 lists all errors in one dialog (rather than having 'previous' and
'next' buttons like the earlier IE error dialogs). It might be that
something like a short duration setInterval function is throwing an
error each time it is executed and they are coming in so fast as to
render the messages unreadable and giving a 'pulsating' effect to the
dialog's presentation.

And it will probably turn out that the reason only one user is seeing
this is that they are the only user with their browser set-up to
display the error dialog, and for the others the errors happen just as
frequently, but are never shown.

And is it , er... stimulating?

For epileptic seizures, maybe.

Richard.

 

[DL]

IE 8 lists all errors in one dialog (rather than having 'previous' and
'next' buttons like the earlier IE error dialogs). It might be that
something like a short duration setInterval function is throwing an
error each time it is executed and they are coming in so fast as to
render the messages unreadable and giving a 'pulsating' effect to the
dialog's presentation.

And it will probably turn out that the reason only one user is seeing
this is that they are the only user with their browser set-up to
display the error dialog, and for the others the errors happen just as
frequently, but are never shown.


For epileptic seizures, maybe.

Richard.

Richard, thank you for the superb analysis, your answer is perfect in
both the code analysis (and I'll look into the "setInterval function"
or similar stuff) and the solution as I sort of expected. The reason,
I can't post the source code is that, it's has WAY TOO MANY JS SCRIPTs
for the page...

Don

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

DL wrote:
[...]

P.S. Sorry I have to post it twice

Thrice, actually.

to make the post noticable for some jerk keeps on spamming the NG and
drown out my post or that of others.

It is more likely that your post hasn't be answered because your issue
has been described so vaguely that no one feels capable of a sensible
answer. [...]

Or because he is stup^Wslow enough to think that his question -- which he
could have answered by himself had he cared to do any serious IE 8 testing
--, would be the most important in the world, not seeing that it is he who
is spamming the newsgroup (using a newsreader application or scripts for
Google Groups, the spam he is talking about can be filtered out easily
instead).

<FAQENTRY>
The possibility of questions going ignored because of multi-posting in one
or more newsgroups/forums or pointless/excessive crossposting does not
appear to be covered by the FAQ yet.
</FAQENTRY>

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before>
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#asking>


PointedEars