Re: Javascript and browser compatability -- WEB400

This book isn't a guide book, while there is a small section at the
beginning of the book dealing with some of the basics of dynamic HTML,
Javascript, etc. That section is less than 200 pages out of almost 1400.
The author assumes that you have at least some knowledge of the basics.
What this book is good for, is when you want to know what attributes,
methods, events, etc are available for a given HTML element, and what
the effects of the various values for those attributes. 

So for example, in your case, I can look at the createPopup() method of
the window object and see that it is not available in any version of
netscape, it is not available in any version of DOM, and it is only
available in IE, but only for version 5.5 and greater and only in
windows. So if you are trying to provide support for multiple browsers,
the createPopup() method is probably not a good choice.

btw, I am in no way associated with the author or publisher. I just
find the book incredibly useful. When I am working on a web project I
refer to it constantly. In fact while I have other books available, this
is the only one I actually use.

Joe Lee

>>> rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx 11/04/2004 15:47:28 >>>
Joe

Many thanks for your response. 

I have four books on JS that tell you how things work under different 
browsers although I do not have that particular one.

What my books do not do is tell you what to use when the method you
have 
been using only works under one browser - does the one you suugest do 
that?  i.e  they do not say when supporting Netscape use
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
instead of createPopup.   I will certainly see if I can find a copy
here 
in the UK to have a look at but I fear that it may not solve my
problem

Many thanks

Rob Dixon

Joe Lee wrote:

>I highly recommend that anyone doing anything with dynamic html get a
>copy of "Dynamic HTML The Definitive Reference, 2nd Edition" by Danny
>Goodman. It is published by O'Reilly, and more information about it
can
>be found here http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dhtmlref2/. This is an
>incredible reference book. It tells you almost everything there is to
>know about HTML, CSS2, DOM 2, and JavaScript 1.5. Including how each
>item works in IE through version 6 in both Windows and Mac, Netscape,
>and Mozilla. 
>
>Joe Lee
>
>  
>
>>>>rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx 11/04/2004 09:04:02 >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>Thanks to the help of kind people on this list, I was able to get an 
>onMouseOver and an onClick to trigger a createPopup, and this works
>well 
>in IE. I would like to get a similiar function to work in Netscape
and
>
>Firefox (ideally to create code that works for all browsers!)
>
>Can anyone please point me in the right direction?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Rob Dixon
>
>
>
>
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