[sword-devel] swordweb javascript

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Hey DM,
	We have a doctype element in our page.  I just changed it to use what 
w3c.org uses and it hasn't fixed our problem.

	-Troy.



DM Smith wrote:
> I don't have time to look at it right now, but IE needs to have a 
> DOCTYPE on the html page to move it from "compatibility mode" into 
> "standards mode".
> When this is done, it is a lot closer to the w3c box model.
> Try it and let me know if this helps.
> 
> Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> 
>> Hey guys.  We've added a new feature to SWORDWeb.  It allows 
>> javascript popups of word definitions when viewing a text which 
>> supports such (like KJV, WHNU, NASB, etc.)  It should work in parallel 
>> windows too.
>>
>> There is a new option on the preferences page to turn javascript 
>> features on and off.
>>
>> Here are some problems with which we could use your help:
>>
>> It takes much longer to load a page with this data on now, because we 
>> prefetch all the lexicon info for the page.  It would be nice to delay 
>> these lookups until needed, if anyone knows how.
>>
>> Joachim pointed out that google seems to do this at:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
>>
>> Also,
>> Safari looks good
>> Firefox looks good
>> IE sucks
>>
>> Any ideas why IE doesn't display the text correctly and other browsers 
>> do? (not just "because it sucks")
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback and help.  We hope to take SWORDWeb to the 
>> next level!
>>
>>     -Troy.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://crosswire.org/study/passagestudy.jsp
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