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Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working

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Subject Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working
Date Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:46:20 +0100
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Gene Wirchenko, 2011-12-01 03:28:

> Dear JavaScripters:
> 
>      The text that I am using refers to javascript: and about:
> protocols.  None of the examples will run on my system (IE 9 on
> Windows 7).
> 
>      For
>           javascript:Date()
> I get nothing.  For
>           about:cache
> and
>           about:plugins
> I get a message of "Navigation to the webpage was canceled / What you
> can try: / - Retype the address."
> 
>      I have looked for settings to enable these and have found
> nothing.  What am I missing, please?

"about:" is not a "protocol" and are no standard either. So don't expect
this to work universally in any browser.

Using "javascript:" is also a bad idea - better implement an event
handler for user interaction.



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Arno Welzel
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javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-30 18:28 -0800
  Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2011-12-01 11:53 +0100
    Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Richard Cornford <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 04:29 -0800
    Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-01 12:37 +0000
      Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2011-12-01 14:02 +0100
        Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2011-12-01 14:19 +0100
          Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2011-12-02 11:31 +0200
            Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2011-12-02 15:43 +0100
              Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2011-12-02 19:57 +0200
    Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Richard Cornford <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 04:03 -0800
    Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-01 12:14 -0800
      Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2011-12-02 10:01 +0100
        Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-02 12:35 -0800
          Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-02 20:39 +0000
            Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-02 13:56 -0800
              Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2011-12-02 23:40 +0000
              Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Dr J R Stockton <reply1148@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-03 19:13 +0000
            Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-02 23:01 +0100
  Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2011-12-04 15:46 +0100
  Re: javascript: and about: Protocols Not Working Bwig Zomberi <zomberiMAPSONNOSPAM@gmail.invalid> - 2011-12-06 11:41 +0530

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