[mythtv] Ticket #6666: Popups may not close if screen focus lost whilst popup is displayed

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/02/2009 05:58 PM, Marc Tousignant wrote:
> From: Michael T. Dean
>> On 07/02/2009 04:35 PM, Marc Tousignant wrote:
>>     
>>> I have found a different issue thou, on the upcoming recording screen, if you put your cursor over an upcoming recording it used to do a popup with information about the show when you hover over it.
>>> Now, however, I am getting a little green box at the bottom of the page saying 1 requests pending and no popup when I hover over an upcoming recording.
>>>
>>> This happens in both IE8, both in compatibility mode and not, and in FF3.5.
>> The "1 request pending" means that the AJAX-y (AJAJ-y?) code sent a
>> request for the program info.  The lack of a popup means the response
>> was never received.  Likely a change to JavaScript or CSS or something
>> that breaks the toolkit MythWeb is using (Prototype?).  Probably just
>> requires updating the version.
> I just checked on machines with IE6 and IE7, they both do the same.
> Is this a problem with the JavaScript or CSS, etc on my machine or a problem
> with the mythweb code?
> I just checked the install instructions again, all it says I need is
> apache2, php, and perl. It does not make mention of specific versions of
> each. It also mentions nothing about what version javascript, etc is needed
> if any.

Pretty sure no one ever spent much time verifying that MythWeb's code 
worked with IE of any version.  The test for whether it's a problem with 
"your machine" (meaning, specifically, the browser versions you're 
using) is if it works with Firefox 3.0 or less.  If not, the problem is 
likely in your network or something else outside of MythWeb.  If so, the 
problem is the browser versions you've used.

Since FF3.5 is 2 days old, MythWeb obviously hasn't been tested much 
with it--let alone updated to fix any issues caused by changes to the 
browser or its implementation of JavaScript or CSS.  And, as for IE, 
anyone wanting good IE support will likely have to patch it themselves 
(as I'm pretty sure the MythWeb devs favor other browsers).

Mike (not a MythWeb developer--just an observer)