Internet Explorer Sucks
I spent about an hour troubleshooting why a stupid popup window wouldn’t work in IE. I tried everything - I renamed the window. I added “void” to the var in the js function calling it. I moved the script inline, and then to a separate script page. I tried everythng, but would always get the same nonsense error:
Error: Invalid argument
Line: 37
Char: 2
Code:0
on file: scripts.js. When I added it inline, it changed to:
Error: Invalid argument
Line: 37
Char: 2
Code:0
file: index.php
The problem? Apparently, IE cannot process a window name if it has a space in it. Ridiculous!
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It cant interpret any spaces in the code right…. take a look at this site in ie then another browser…
http://www.internetexplorerblows.com
Thank god I found your post here. I just had the same situation: hour of trying to find the same stupid mistake. IE realy sucks!!!
Thank fsck for that - I just wasted 3 hours of my life trying to debug why some users cant see a window popup, and some users can.
Google of “invalid argument code 0 msie” lead me here .. being the most linked to article on the net about this stupid problem. Thank you sooooo much for publishing an answer to this problem - It would have taken me days to uncover the answer myself by accident.
Some people dont understand why I hate MS so much - I dont use ANY MS products at all in anything I do, and yet every single week for the last 12 years, something totally stupid like this comes up which causes me to waste my time chasing wild geese and rainbows looking for a solution.
Every Single Time I work on something - there is ALWAYS some peice of MS crapware on someone else’s machine interfering with my work.
If I have a ‘problem’ with Apache, or MySQL, or PHP, or Gentoo, or gcc, or bash, or Ubuntu, or Mozilla or … ANYTHING sensible, there is always good reference material online, and there is always a good reason explaining the cause of the problem. As soon as you find a solution, you are left with a comfortable feeling that the issue is resolved, and you are back in control.
But as soon as a ‘problem’ with an MS product rears its ugly head - there is nothing on MS’s website that is of any use, and it ALWAYS turns out that the cause of the problem is just pure slackness on MS’s part. As soon as you find a solution, because the cause of the problems never make sense, you are left with an uneasy feeling that it is only a matter of time before something equally bizarre pops up with another MS ‘feature’ in another one of their prodicts. In fact, there are no SOLUTIONS to any of these sorts of bugs - just work arounds.
That is what I hate about MS more than anything - its all just pure slackness and unpredictable pollution without any good reason, and it takes hours to find a work around that half-works.
And I HATE IT. It costs me time, money, and reputation every time one of THEIR stupid illogical mistakes interferes with what I am currently working on.
I already have the “No, I wont fix your Windows system” coffee cup, but maybe its time I dropped support for any customer using any MS product at all (even an MS branded mouse)
grrrrrrr
Thank you for this entry. I was having a bad day trying to find why my code worked on Firefox but not MSIE. A google search brought me to this site and now– problem solved (mine not MSIE’s).
You saved my life!
You all bitch and complain about Microsoft products… why don’t you try and come up with your own software then… you all think you’re so smart.
You all bitch and complain about Microsoft products… why don’t you try and come up with your own software then… you all think you’re so smart.
Hey dummy:
Operating System - Linux (many flavors), OS X, FreeBSD
Browser: Firefox, Opera, Konquerer, Safari
Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle
Productivity: OpenOffice, iWork
File Format: OpenDocument
File System: ZFS, JFS, XFS
Programming: PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python
Nice try at trolling.
http://thetoptenme.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/10-reasons-why-not-to-use-msie-internet-explorer/
Am I a Internet Explorer hater; No, but close. Consider This: If you have ever worked on a design or a particular cool feature for your web application and all went well people loved it and even your boss loved it. All to find out the ##*@@ IE, dosen’t work the way you expect. Knowing myself well I wouldn’t even bother. However we live in a strange world where inspite of the best avilable browsers being free, we still use IE. I am a big fan of Firefox, yes Opera and Safari are also really great.
Now comes the tricky part I can respect anyone using anyone of the listed browser above but, Why still people use IE. It just escapes me. I request all of you to please download you fav browser and use it instead of the Stupid, Unresponsive, Technical Blunder, and Arrogant IE.
I’m having the same error, to bad I’m using a cut and paste java for my drop down menu (which sounds like may be the problem)and I don’t know java and so I’m a little stuck on this one. lol
Should I learn js? Yes
Was I planning on it? NO
Will I end up learning more than I wanted to? Yes
Do I hate IE? YES!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND FireBUG (a Firefox add-on) to debug this issue… pointed me in the right place.