Need help with mystery error
Don Lancaster
I'm in the process of upgrading the nav on my website.
The work in progress is http://www.tinaja.com/homex1.asp
Central is having JavaScript open new windows on mouseclick.
The "Blogs & What's New" and "GuruGram" now seem functional
and working properly.
But the error console consistently returns...
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure
code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.clearUserPref]"
nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame ::
chrome://dotnetassistant/content/bootstrap.js ::
BootStrapDotNetAsssitantExtension :: line 52" data: no]
What am I doing wrong?
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Stefan Weiss
> I'm in the process of upgrading the nav on my website.
>
> The work in progress is http://www.tinaja.com/homex1.asp
>
> Central is having JavaScript open new windows on mouseclick.
>
> The "Blogs & What's New" and "GuruGram" now seem functional
> and working properly.
>
> But the error console consistently returns...
>
> Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure
> code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.clearUserPref]"
> nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame ::
> chrome://dotnetassistant/content/bootstrap.js ::
> BootStrapDotNetAsssitantExtension :: line 52" data: no]
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
For context, the HTML on that page is
<td width="100%"
onmouseover="this.bgColor='#669999'"
onmouseout="this.bgColor='#99CCCF'"
onClick="window.open('http://www.tinaja.com/blsamp1.asp','blsamp',
'width=463,height=475,scrollbars=yes,[snip],')"
bgcolor="#99CCCF"
height="10">
<span class="style1">Blogs & What's New </span>
</td>
The source of the quoted error (which I can't see on Linux) is in the
dotnetassistant extension. I'm just guessing here: this Firefox addon
was installed without your knowledge or consent. You should report the
problem to the company responsible for installing it: Microsoft. If you
think that Windows updates shouldn't silently install addons in
third-party software, you may want to mention this in your complaint.
You could disable the addon, which should fix the problem for you
locally. Other Windows users reading your website with Firefox will
probably still get an error.
I don't see any major problems with the way you open the "Blogs" window,
but there are minor issues which should be addressed: The "&" should be
escaped ("&"); presentational attributes like bgcolor, width, and
height should be provided via CSS; the onmouseover/out attributes should
be replaced by CSS :hover styles; there is no alternative access method
for "Blogs & What's New" when JavaScript is disabled.
I'm not sure how well supported the trailing comma in window.open()'s
third argument is; you should probably leave it out.
If you have any more questions about this error, I'm sure Mircosoft will
be glad to assist.
[Sorry for beating a dead horse, but I really, *really* hated the
backhanded way in which Microsoft pushed this extension. There's just no
excuse for this kind of behavior, and if their addon is causing
problems, they should handle the support.]
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stefan
Dr J R Stockton
13 Mar 2010 17:58:40, Don Lancaster <d...@tinaja.com> posted:
>
>I'm in the process of upgrading the nav on my website.
>
>The work in progress is http://www.tinaja.com/homex1.asp
>
>Central is having JavaScript open new windows on mouseclick.
>
>The "Blogs & What's New" and "GuruGram" now seem functional
>and working properly.
>
>But the error console consistently returns...
>
>Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure
>code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIPrefBranch.clearUserPref]"
>nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame ::
>chrome://dotnetassistant/content/bootstrap.js :: BootStrapDotNetAsssita
>ntExtension :: line 52" data: no]
>
>
>What am I doing wrong?
You are not saying the exact sequence of operations (if any) that gives
the error.
You are not saying which version of which browser gives you that.
You are not saying what other browsers report - the language is more-or-
less standard, but error messages are not, and the report of another
browser may be more understandable.
You are not saying, here, what is on & near line 52.
You are not saying whether you are testing a local copy directly or
using a server.
And your colour scheme is abominable. The first thing that a reader
will consider is "Can I read this easily?". You so, it seems, preserve
my choice of font face and size - but that is for normal black text on a
light background.
The page is rather large (168kB + 136kB graphics, approx.) for a Home
Page - even in the wealthy USA, there are AIUI many who still use dial-
up.
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