How the IFrame SSI script II blocks Opera and how to fix it
Thursday, 28. May 2009, 10:26:06
A lot of websites seem to be using the IFrame SSI script II available at Dynamic Drive (No, I wont be linking to the page!). This has been a considerable source of headache for our site compatiblity team as its seems to pop up on sites all around the world and blocks Opera.
Yes, it blocks Opera. For no reason whatsoever.
Around line 34 or so, it has this line of code
So basically the 'if' loop is entered if 'currentfr' has a value and if the browser is not Opera!. I have no idea why the script does it. Maybe when the script was made (in the seventh century or so
) Opera had some behaviour different from other browsers, but I can't be sure about this.
Whatever the reason, this code is bad for Opera.
This is how to fix it...
Simply remove the
and it should work across all browsers, including Opera!
There are other such scripts which cause problems in Opera simply because of bad coding, but this script is one of the biggest culprits in this regard. So remember, if you have to use the IFrame SSI script II script, make sure to remove the part I mentioned before making your site live.
Yes, it blocks Opera. For no reason whatsoever.
Around line 34 or so, it has this line of code
if (currentfr && !window.opera){
So basically the 'if' loop is entered if 'currentfr' has a value and if the browser is not Opera!. I have no idea why the script does it. Maybe when the script was made (in the seventh century or so
) Opera had some behaviour different from other browsers, but I can't be sure about this. Whatever the reason, this code is bad for Opera.
This is how to fix it...
Simply remove the
&& !window.operapart from that line so that it becomes
if (currentfr){ and it should work across all browsers, including Opera!
There are other such scripts which cause problems in Opera simply because of bad coding, but this script is one of the biggest culprits in this regard. So remember, if you have to use the IFrame SSI script II script, make sure to remove the part I mentioned before making your site live.
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