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IE DOM Error Message / Operation Aborted

Andrew Martinez July 11, 2007 Programming/Tech No Comments

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It is possible in IE for DOM manipulation during load to cause an error that looks like the following

IE “Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site” … “Operation aborted”
This error is directly cause by script called with in an element that attempts to append/insert DOM nodes to its unclosed parent’s parent node. For example the following code will work fine in FireFox and Opera, but not in IE.

<html>

<head>

<title>Test</title>

</head>

<body>

<div id=”div0″ style=”width:150px;border:1px solid black;margin:25px;”>Test Div 0</div>

<div id=”div1″ style=”width:200px;border:1px solid red”>

Test Div 1

<div>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

var div0 = document.getElementById( “div0″ );

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Shiver me timbers – An Explanation

Andrew Martinez July 11, 2007 Trivia/Facts No Comments

Everyone knows that pirates are awesome. The popularity of the recent Pirates of Caribbean movies staring Johnny Depp prove that fact. However, there is a juicy piece of pirate speech that everyone has said at one point in time, “Shiver me timbers.” It is usually said in shock and most people know the right situations to use it. However, the meaning of it is not always known or easily searchable.

There is one sight that I came across through an article on AllExperts.com. The article pointed to The Pirates Realm. They have little section title “Pirate Talk” which describes … Continue Reading

Getting Around Forced IE Start Pages

Andrew Martinez July 11, 2007 Trivia/Facts No Comments

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For corporate users, your company may or may not enforce a start page that you do not agree with. Be it company news or a slow loading flash application that makes your slow corporate laptop cry in pain. For some, just changing the start page in the IE properties dialogue is enough. However, for those who have it reset on them whenever they logon/startup, it is an annoyance.

There are many solutions to this problem. The most elegant using startup scripts that just set the value each time. Another would be to use FireFox, but too many companies do not even … Continue Reading