On 20 August 2013 01:20, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: >> Am 08/19/2013 09:51 PM, schrieb sebb: >> >>> On 19 August 2013 20:27, Rob Weir<robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Andrea Pescetti<pesce...@apache.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 19/08/2013 sebb wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Note that the page http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html also >>>>>> requires Javascript! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This is not so good. The noscript option should direct the user to >>>>> http://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/openoffice/ >>>>> (users who disable JavaScript are likely to be able to browse the >>>>> FTP-like >>>>> structure they will see there). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Whatever method is chosen, I think it should be possible to download >>>>>> AOO without the use of Javascript. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It should also be possible to download OpenOffice in the cases where >>>>> JavaScript parsing breaks, i.e., we should have alternative download >>>>> links >>>>> that are always visible (working JavaScript, broken Javascript, no >>>>> JavaScript). >>>>> >>>> >>>> I think this is the key insight. There are actually three cases to >>>> consider: >>>> >>>> 1) Java script disabled >>>> >>>> 2) Javascript is supported, but not working with our page >>>> >>>> 3) Javascript working fine. >>>> >>>> Some of the more recent reports are about #2. These are older >>>> versions of Internet Explorer, e.g., I.E. 6. A<noscript> block will >>>> not help in this case. >>> >>> >>> But if it is possible to detect the broken Javascript without >>> crashing, then it would be possible to treat the browser as if it did >>> not have Javascript. >> >> >> Right, has anybody an idea how to detect such broken JS engines? >> > > From this test it looks like the main issue is Internet Explorer before I.E. > 8: > > http://browsershots.org/http://www.openoffice.org/download/ > > One approach is to see if you can code around that error and get it to > work correctly on older I.E. installs. > > Another approach is to use one of these techniques to detect older > I.E. and then fall back to a non-script page: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537509%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
It might also be possible to use the HTTP headers User-Agent and Accepts-Language as a backstop for when Javascript is not available. This might need some Infra config support. > -Rob > >> Marcus >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
