On 8/8/2011 5:56 PM, Tim wrote:
For anybody dabbling with scripting, I'd advise trying to find out about compatibilities (what's common, what's browser specific).
First, my thanks to everyone who offered help / suggestions.
After checking the add-ons suggestions, I came to the conclusion that it was a red herring as that's all about java / openJDK / icedtea. Simple javascripts worked and F14 Firefox has preferences->content->EnableJavaScript checked on.
So, with a groan, I started stripping down my html / javascript to get an example. And, to once again borrow the language of one the replies, I suddenly heard the loudest honking possible.
It a stupid typo that I usually know to check for given these web pages were written a long time ago on Windows 98se ... and I am stalling on admitting it as I feel very stupid for posting before I caught it.
One of the f-ing scripts was still assuming case-insensitivity for directory locations (shaking my head as I say this). How I missed this one and caught all the other Windows case-insensitive legacies is nothing short of the classic tree / forest blindness. I've even written a Python script to scan all scripts / code / data to try to root out every one ... I just missed one case (I was too clever for my own good in the 1990's when I wrote the html/javascript)
My apologies to all and, once again, thanks for all the tips !!! Paul