[Laszlo-user] About IE6 javascript

[Jim Grandy]

Hi Vincent,

We actually don't have any trouble detecting quirks. The issue is  
that users of browsers we don't "officially" support don't like the  
warning dialog we put up when loading a DHTML OpenLaszlo application.

jim

On Jun 21, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Vincent de Phily wrote:

> On Thursday 21 June 2007, Jim Grandy wrote:
>> On Jun 18, 2007, at 2:59 AM, Vincent de Phily wrote:
>>> Konqueror pretty fast too, if only there wasn't that annoying
>>> nag-screen/browser-detect telling the user "run at your own  
>>> risks"...
>>
>> If someone would like to propose an alternative mechanism that still
>> gives reasonable feedback about supported/unsupported status, I'm
>> sure we can muster resources to get it implemented...
>
> Disclaimer: I dont know what browser quirks you are up against, or  
> how you
> detect / work around them, but here's the best browserquirk design  
> I know :
>
>
> * have a global JS array keyed by quirk name, eg  
> 'lacks_array_push_method'
> * detect the individual quirks as needed. Test for the quirk  
> itself, not the
>   browser.
> * If you really cant test for the quirk (doesn't happen that  
> often), consider
>   working around it in your code. Otherwise, use a browser detect.
> * In your code, test look up the specific key in the JS array when  
> needed.
> * If a needed feature is not available, tell the developper via an  
> API or a
>   console warning. Dont tell the user. The develloper knows best to  
> either
>   tell the user, use a fallback, or let the user try anyway.
>
>
> I'd be happy to know about quirks you have trouble detecting.
> -- 
> Vincent de Phily