Brainstorming Session for Fedora Community 2.0 - Monday August 3, 2009 - 1500 UTC

[John Palmieri]

----- "Ben Boeckel" <MathStuf at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
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> > On 07/29/2009 11:12 AM, Thomas Janssen wrote:
> >> 2009/7/29 Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com>:
> >>> The link https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community doesn't 
> seem to work with
> >>> konqueror. Just says 'loading' and nothing happens.  Works 
> in firefox.
> >> 
> >> Confirmed with Konqueror 4.2.98
> > 
> > Hmm. How to put this nicely...
> > 
> > Konqueror is a terrible web browser. Use something else.
> > 
> > If you want a more detailed answer, it is that konqueror 
> doesn't
> > properly support javascript, specifically, jquery.
> > 
> > See:
> > http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/4362
> > http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/4725
> > http://docs.jquery.com/Browser_Compatibility
> > 
> > ~spot
> > 
> 
> Actually, the only things that the jQuery test page[1] says that 
> Konqueror (4.2.4) is failing at are:
> 
> 31. core module: append(String|Element|Array<Element>|jQuery)
>     7. Check for appending text with spaces
> 137. ajax module: jQuery.post(String, Hash, Function) - simple 
> with xml
>     3. Expected 4 assertions, but 2 were run
> 197. fx module: Chain hide show
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 198. fx module: Chain show hide
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 199. fx module: Chain toggle in
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 200. fx module: Chain toggle out
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 201. fx module: Chain slideUp slideDown
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 202. fx module: Chain slideDown slideUp
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 203. fx module: Chain slideToggle in
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 204. fx module: Chain slideToggle out
>     5. Make sure that overflow is reset (Old: visible Cur: 
> hidden) expected: hidden actual: visible
> 
> The first two seem like bugs (137 looks fixed as of 4.2.98), the 
> last bunch like not-implemented-yet. I assume the Chain stuff is 
> used to load/show the panels and such in the work area (pardon 
> the ignorance of any official jargon). So once the Chain stuff 
> is implemented, I imagine Konq should work (unless there are 
> things that the test page doesn't test for).
> 
> - --Ben
> 
> [1] http://jquery.com/test

I also hit resource limits when using regexp.  That being said if there are easy ways to debug in Konq I am willing to take a look at issues in my own code once the JQuery tests are passed.  If the devs want to make FComm a sort of test site for AJAX, I am willing to work with them.

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John (J5) Palmieri
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.