Friday 7 August 2009

From the battle of the bbc blogs

N.B. It appears that some browsers
(notably up-to-date firefox)
don't like Google/Blogspot's (non-standard) code and don't allow comments. The following Browsers do work:

Seamonkey
Opera
Please email me if your browser does (or doesn't) work

Welcome all, refugees or not.
Tell us a story, Jackanory....
Use any name or cyber identity you choose.

Come one, come all. I'll deal with any chaff as I see fit.
Trust me. Just try me.

Woland

Post a comment below



Good luck!

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jack O' Lantern says hello!

Hans Christian Osthoved said...

Testing from Opera 9.64 (JavaScript active, only blogger.com’s “S” cookie accepted) …

Hans Christian Osthoved said...

This link has some explorations into the Firefox/Blogspot comment clash that might be of interest.

Professor Woland said...

Thanks Hans, Namaste

I'll change the comment form and see if that works.

Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Peace

Woland

Professor Woland said...

It works now, but I hate popups!

Grrrrrr!

Hans Christian Osthoved said...

Testing from Firefox 2.0.0.20, popup link opened in separate tab, JavaScript active only for https://www.blogger.com/, no cookies accepted …

Anonymous said...

Hi Cheesehead!

Thanks for checking. Does that mean it worked OK? For me in firefox 3.0.12, the popup opens as a small new https instance (window), but then works fine to accept comment.

Do you mean you've got ff set not to accept cookies, and it still works?

If so, good! Thanks for your efforts

Woland (anonymously)

Hans Christian Osthoved said...

My dear Professor,

yes, the posting of my last comment means that from my perspective it worked OK, given the conditions noted in the comment. Because JavaScript was active only for that single domain, I was able to open the Post a Comment link into its own tab, thereby avoiding all popuppery.

I remain your graphonymous servant,

Osthoved.

P.S. Unfortunately this comment form doesn’t allow several style-orientated HTML tags. It also doesn’t allow certain CSS attributes within the allowable HTML tags to alternatively produce those styles — oh, bother.

Anonymous said...

Thanks again, Hans!

testing bold
testing italic

Testing both

Which attributes did you have in mind?

Not that we can do much about it...

Professor Woland said...

Moderation in all things, eh?

Something for an investigative journalist?

Tread carefully....

Woland

Hans Christian Osthoved said...

I’d had small caps specifically in mind, which can be produced within CSS but for which no dedicated HTML tag exists. A bit of experimentation revealed that the <span> tag was rejected; unfortunately so were the necessary CSS properties within a style attribute to make either <b> or <i> effectively function as a small caps tag.

Apparently there are third-party “comment systems” that can be bolted on somehow (perhaps hosted on each commenter’s computer?), but I don’t know how many of them can be customised to the extent of whitelisting particular HTML tags and/or attributes. I’d prefer that my predilection for typographic niceties not be the cause of additional labour on your part.

Well done on the exploratory mission into No Man’s Land — many BBC bloggers could well be interested in further details on their favourite exempted small company …

Anonymous said...

Tempero, "Europe's largest moderation company - Protecting users & brands 24/7"

And taking advantage of the "Small Company" loophole in the Companies Act!

The boss brags

More on the boss

;-)

Anonymous said...

Updated and extended

And More stuff

;-)

Alice said...

Hello Professor! Long time no hear (this is Lost Alice :o)

I was leaving in order to come back.
Will live here for a while.

Will be singing here I think.

I'm still in the dacha we are freesing out there with the dog. Time long due to get evacuated :o) But it became so cold I can't even pack the house. :o)
Kisses

Alice said...

Will try this from youtube.
Not that I like it normally but it is fitting the occasion :o)

Refrain: A bird was hoovering in the sky
I was leaving in order to come back!" :o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuvFOUJjEWc&ob=av2n

USADavid said...

Hi Alice, Hi Professor Woland,

The European blog on BBC is no longer....oh well...

I'm leaving a hello and next time a song...

(next time a song:O))))

I learned "O:)))" from Lost Alice:)

Anonymous said...

Anyone out there?