Author: John R. Menke, Sr.
Date: 20:42:35 10/25/99
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Shep,
Thanks for the feedback. That gives me an area to check, in my browser,
Javascript. For whatever it's worth, I don't see those errors with my browser
at any other internet site, just yours!? Sorry. I enjoy your site otherwise.
-- JRM
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On October 25, 1999 at 04:24:32, Shep wrote:
>On October 22, 1999 at 12:33:38, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote:
>
>>On October 22, 1999 at 11:46:24, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote:
>>
>>>On October 21, 1999 at 11:16:51, Shep wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>to win one of 5 exclusive CM 7000 copies, autographed by the development team,
>>>>check out the CM 7000 contest on Shep's Computer Chess Site.
>>>>
>>>>http://sccs.cjb.net
>>>>http://sccs.8m.com
>>>>
>>>>[This contest is sponsored by Mindscape.]
>>>>
>>>>---
>>>>Shep
>>>
>>>============================================================================
>>>
>>>http://sccs.cjb.net returns an error message: Line 22, Char 1, Error Permission
>>>denied, Code 0, URL http://sccs.8m.com/cgi-bin/framedbanner
>>>It then displays, but with the yellow error triangle notice.
>>>--JRM
>>
>>>============================================================================
>>
>>I also received other error messages such as "object doesn't support this
>>property or method".
>
>Working in the IT business, I see this kind of crap all the time - Javascript
>that works perfectly in 9 out of 10 browsers, but there's always one that barfs
>up (mostly IE 3, IE 4 or NN 4.0x).
>This specific problem is beyond my control as it is due to my ISP's handling of
>frames... :(
>
>>I was able to get to your contest page and submit my entry. But I have no
>>confidence that it was received properly, because it returned yet another error
>>message -- "Page cannot be displayed".
>
>The contest itself is managed through another server which is independent of the
>main web server and its Javascript. Once it has processed a submitted entry, it
>sends you back to the main page on the web server, and that is the one that
>produced the above error.
>However, your submission should have been parsed; otherwise you would either
>have received an error on connection to the contest machine ("cannot connect")
>or a script error from the contest parser.
>
>>I trust that this isn't a joke. It is all too reminiscent of the CM7000 CD
>>which I returned a few days ago as "defective/too buggy"!? I doubt it, because
>>I have received occasional error messages at your site in the past. My
>>impression is that there is something(s) about your graphics that my browser
>>(Internet Explorer 5) doesn't recognize.
>
>The whole website has been intensively tested on all kinds of browsers. Works
>perfectly offline, but throws up online sometimes due to the ISP's Javascript.
>
>
>---
>Shep
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