WordPress.com has annoying IE bug

Everytime I want to make a link in WordPress.com it gives me a script error. Anyone know what’s up with that? It doesn’t give me an error in Firefox. No other blogging engine gives me an error when trying to build a link in IE. Hey, Matt, what’s up with this?

Update: I didn’t realize it, but Firefox is firing an error too. I went to Tools/Javascript Console in Firefox and there’s a bunch of errors there.

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  1. Ughhh, stop using IE. Either you’re using it because you work for Microsoft (and they force you to use it), or you’re an idiot. Take your pick: which one is it, Scoble?

  2. Ughhh, stop using IE. Either you’re using it because you work for Microsoft (and they force you to use it), or you’re an idiot. Take your pick: which one is it, Scoble?

  3. Whether Scoble uses IE or not isn’t the point here. The fact is that a majority of Scoble’s users use IE. So Scoble wants to fix his blog.

    Scoble, you should seriously look at CommunityServer. They kick ass.

  4. Whether Scoble uses IE or not isn’t the point here. The fact is that a majority of Scoble’s users use IE. So Scoble wants to fix his blog.

    Scoble, you should seriously look at CommunityServer. They kick ass.

  5. Reading this page in IE gives me no errors, so the page Robert is talking about should be one of admin/author’s screens. If so, readers are not the point here. Anyway, I always think JScript is not true JavaScript, as well as HTML/CSS in IE is not what we call HTML/CSS, but, of course, it is good if IE can be supported without bending standard compliant codes, so it is worth trying to report your bugs and pages, error messages to the administrator. But, using Firefox only while your editing your entries is not a big deal, right? I think Robert has always been a Firefox user if he is not a liar.

  6. Reading this page in IE gives me no errors, so the page Robert is talking about should be one of admin/author’s screens. If so, readers are not the point here. Anyway, I always think JScript is not true JavaScript, as well as HTML/CSS in IE is not what we call HTML/CSS, but, of course, it is good if IE can be supported without bending standard compliant codes, so it is worth trying to report your bugs and pages, error messages to the administrator. But, using Firefox only while your editing your entries is not a big deal, right? I think Robert has always been a Firefox user if he is not a liar.

  9. Yep, when you go to add a link the box gets overwritten by a script request. The workround is to click YES, then YES again (when the box repeats), then click the closing X. You’ll find you can then add your link. Annoying, but not fatal.

  10. Yep, when you go to add a link the box gets overwritten by a script request. The workround is to click YES, then YES again (when the box repeats), then click the closing X. You’ll find you can then add your link. Annoying, but not fatal.

  15. WordPress.com has a number of annoying errors

    Like many I’ve been experimenting with a blog over on WordPress.com  but progress has been slow because I’ve been finding a number of irritating JavaScript errors when clicking the insert link and insert image buttons, but only when u…

  18. What makes you think it’s a WordPress bug? Knowing how many ‘issues’ there are with IE, it’s not exactly unlikely the problem is with IE instead.

    This is why many of us, and those people at WASP, get a tad annoyed with IE and it’s lack of moderness at times….

    And Jim, are most of the readers here going be IE users? I’m not quite so sure. There are examples around of more technical sites havig much lower percentages of IE users, because many of the more technical people (me included) take the same view as Cody in the first comment.

  19. What makes you think it’s a WordPress bug? Knowing how many ‘issues’ there are with IE, it’s not exactly unlikely the problem is with IE instead.

    This is why many of us, and those people at WASP, get a tad annoyed with IE and it’s lack of moderness at times….

    And Jim, are most of the readers here going be IE users? I’m not quite so sure. There are examples around of more technical sites havig much lower percentages of IE users, because many of the more technical people (me included) take the same view as Cody in the first comment.

  22. Anyway, it isn’t really fair to say that it is WP.com’s bug, before you resolve the problem to conclude whose bug it is. :-)

  24. Anyway, it isn’t really fair to say that it is WP.com’s bug, before you resolve the problem to conclude whose bug it is. :-)

  27. I should add that broadcasting “WP sucks” to the world over an issue in ALPHA software is rather silly to me. Someone did something similar to Microsoft software and you’d be crying foul.

  29. I should add that broadcasting “WP sucks” to the world over an issue in ALPHA software is rather silly to me. Someone did something similar to Microsoft software and you’d be crying foul.

  39. “Hey, guys, the bug happens in Firefox too. Firefox just hides the errors inside Tools/Java Console.”

    The Java VM/JRE used by IE on your machine might be an issue.

    What Java and version are you using in IE and Firefox?

  40. “Hey, guys, the bug happens in Firefox too. Firefox just hides the errors inside Tools/Java Console.”

    The Java VM/JRE used by IE on your machine might be an issue.

    What Java and version are you using in IE and Firefox?

  43. Before anyone else calls Scoble crazy, this was fixed this morning so if you’re not seeing it that’s why. It was our bug, not a problem with IE.

  44. Before anyone else calls Scoble crazy, this was fixed this morning so if you’re not seeing it that’s why. It was our bug, not a problem with IE.

  47. Yep that looks like it. I am abit disappointed as I would love to use WP but don’t want to have the lockin on the template (if I could accept that I would go to MSN Spaces!). In say this, don’t blame the WP people, if there was a chance of Scoble coming to my service (if I had one), I would do something like this as well.

    Oh well, looks like I am staying with Blogger!
    Doh.
    Molly

  48. Yep that looks like it. I am abit disappointed as I would love to use WP but don’t want to have the lockin on the template (if I could accept that I would go to MSN Spaces!). In say this, don’t blame the WP people, if there was a chance of Scoble coming to my service (if I had one), I would do something like this as well.

    Oh well, looks like I am staying with Blogger!
    Doh.
    Molly

  49. 1. Reality Check: wordpress.com is alphaware - please report all bugs and issues directly to the developers through the feedback.

    2. The invite for wordpress.com might not have it in writing, but by participating, there is an expectation that you are also here to help develop the program. It’s fun to play with a new toy, but you are in a position to help make that toy even better. Help by reporting to those who can do something about it rather than the public at large who can’t help you.

    3. By bringing the issue to the attention of the developers, everyone in the wordpress.com community benefits. By helping figure out your problem, you solve the problem of hundreds, maybe thousands of wordpress.com users’ sites, and help make WordPress 1.6 much stronger when it is finally released. I take that responsiblity very seriously. I hope you do, too.

    4. I am thrilled that you, Mr. Scoble, have entered the WordPress world and are helping WordPress gain respectability as an important user. I’m also thrilled that Matt and Donncha have bent over backwards to help you customize your wordpress.com Theme when NO ONE else on wordpress.com can. Show appreciation for such favors by reporting them to those who can help.

    In other words, use the Feedback button in your Administration Panels rather than opening a wound publicly that may not heal.

  50. 1. Reality Check: wordpress.com is alphaware - please report all bugs and issues directly to the developers through the feedback.

    2. The invite for wordpress.com might not have it in writing, but by participating, there is an expectation that you are also here to help develop the program. It’s fun to play with a new toy, but you are in a position to help make that toy even better. Help by reporting to those who can do something about it rather than the public at large who can’t help you.

    3. By bringing the issue to the attention of the developers, everyone in the wordpress.com community benefits. By helping figure out your problem, you solve the problem of hundreds, maybe thousands of wordpress.com users’ sites, and help make WordPress 1.6 much stronger when it is finally released. I take that responsiblity very seriously. I hope you do, too.

    4. I am thrilled that you, Mr. Scoble, have entered the WordPress world and are helping WordPress gain respectability as an important user. I’m also thrilled that Matt and Donncha have bent over backwards to help you customize your wordpress.com Theme when NO ONE else on wordpress.com can. Show appreciation for such favors by reporting them to those who can help.

    In other words, use the Feedback button in your Administration Panels rather than opening a wound publicly that may not heal.

  51. Hey Molly, don’t be a idiot. You can fully customize your template with WordPress, the only thing is you have to…OH NOES! Install WordPress yourself on a server! For God’s sake, that’s not difficult to do at ALL! But of course, most of Scoble’s readers use IE and don’t know anything about computers, so I guess it’s to be expected that you wouldn’t know a damn thing, either.

  52. Hey Molly, don’t be a idiot. You can fully customize your template with WordPress, the only thing is you have to…OH NOES! Install WordPress yourself on a server! For God’s sake, that’s not difficult to do at ALL! But of course, most of Scoble’s readers use IE and don’t know anything about computers, so I guess it’s to be expected that you wouldn’t know a damn thing, either.

  53. Lorelle: I will do. I didn’t even realize that WordPress was not a “shipping” service. I would never have signed up for it if I had realized that. When I go to http://wordpress.com/ I don’t see any reporting mechanism for bugs.

    Finally, I didn’t even see the Feedback panel. Now that you pointed it out to me, I’ll send bugs in there.

  54. Lorelle: I will do. I didn’t even realize that WordPress was not a “shipping” service. I would never have signed up for it if I had realized that. When I go to http://wordpress.com/ I don’t see any reporting mechanism for bugs.

    Finally, I didn’t even see the Feedback panel. Now that you pointed it out to me, I’ll send bugs in there.

  57. Coby, sometimes its not an issue of skill but of finances!
    If you give me a free server and free bandwidth, I am sure I can set it up. In fact if you where going to do that, maybe I might write my own. Wouldn’t be as good as any available but would be a fun experiment.

    Lorelle, although you were probably not talking to me directly, I think your points are a good one and I will enter some feedback on this.

    Molly

  58. Coby, sometimes its not an issue of skill but of finances!
    If you give me a free server and free bandwidth, I am sure I can set it up. In fact if you where going to do that, maybe I might write my own. Wouldn’t be as good as any available but would be a fun experiment.

    Lorelle, although you were probably not talking to me directly, I think your points are a good one and I will enter some feedback on this.

    Molly

  61. Agree with the above comment, Blogger is so much better. Plus the integration with Picasa & MS Word gives you multiple post creation options.

  62. Agree with the above comment, Blogger is so much better. Plus the integration with Picasa & MS Word gives you multiple post creation options.

  65. While it can do that, I would watch out.

    Say you get traffic like scoble does, my former ISP (I went off to college at Syracuse University) was Optimum Online. They are NOTORIOUS for the caps. She would be capped and her blog would be done in a second.

  66. While it can do that, I would watch out.

    Say you get traffic like scoble does, my former ISP (I went off to college at Syracuse University) was Optimum Online. They are NOTORIOUS for the caps. She would be capped and her blog would be done in a second.

  67. Cody,
    Somewhat true except for two things:
    1) Bandwidth cost (not great in Australia)
    2) Reliablity. If you have a 5 year old and 14 month old, Reliablity sucks!
    3) (I lied) Cost of running it. (Power, etc)

    Molly

  68. Cody,
    Somewhat true except for two things:
    1) Bandwidth cost (not great in Australia)
    2) Reliablity. If you have a 5 year old and 14 month old, Reliablity sucks!
    3) (I lied) Cost of running it. (Power, etc)

    Molly

  69. To all who want to help improve WordPress.com and WordPressMU, which in turn helps to improve the future release of WordPress 1.6, the FEEDBACK button is in your Administration Panels.

    On every panel. Look in the upper right corner, just below the “Howdy, your name” and SIGN OUT.

    As you have noticed, this is a very exciting community to be a part of and it is helping all WordPress users now and in the future to create a better product. I think it’s a brilliant method for really incorporating users’ needs to have hundreds and maybe even thousands participate in the process. We all have a say in how this works.

    Sure there are limits to wordpress.com. Since we are all working in a giant laboratory, the lack of control over Themes, plugins, and javascripts and styles within the post act as a controlled environment, testing the parts of the program the developers can control, not the parts we users can tweak with and mess up. We just all have to learn to live with the temporary constraints, bugs and glitches as the software is changing even as I type this comment.

    With things changing all the time, I compare it to blogging inside of a Cracker Jack box. Every day a new surprise. Very exciting to be on the cutting edge of this hot technology, even as the knife’s blade is being sharpened.

  70. To all who want to help improve WordPress.com and WordPressMU, which in turn helps to improve the future release of WordPress 1.6, the FEEDBACK button is in your Administration Panels.

    On every panel. Look in the upper right corner, just below the “Howdy, your name” and SIGN OUT.

    As you have noticed, this is a very exciting community to be a part of and it is helping all WordPress users now and in the future to create a better product. I think it’s a brilliant method for really incorporating users’ needs to have hundreds and maybe even thousands participate in the process. We all have a say in how this works.

    Sure there are limits to wordpress.com. Since we are all working in a giant laboratory, the lack of control over Themes, plugins, and javascripts and styles within the post act as a controlled environment, testing the parts of the program the developers can control, not the parts we users can tweak with and mess up. We just all have to learn to live with the temporary constraints, bugs and glitches as the software is changing even as I type this comment.

    With things changing all the time, I compare it to blogging inside of a Cracker Jack box. Every day a new surprise. Very exciting to be on the cutting edge of this hot technology, even as the knife’s blade is being sharpened.

  71. hey Scoble…for the first time in 10 years, my computer’s primary internal hard drive crashed…i lost some good data there…just wanted to say this about Vista:

    I hope Microsoft allows users to set the default partition in Vista…so Documents & Settings > User Profile > User Name > My Documents etc could be set on D:

    I know you can set My Documents to default to the D: partition, but I have multiple users on my computer and since my documents is located outside my user profile, I can’t hide it from other guests who would log on my computer…

    so let’s hope this stuff improves in Vista…

  72. hey Scoble…for the first time in 10 years, my computer’s primary internal hard drive crashed…i lost some good data there…just wanted to say this about Vista:

    I hope Microsoft allows users to set the default partition in Vista…so Documents & Settings > User Profile > User Name > My Documents etc could be set on D:

    I know you can set My Documents to default to the D: partition, but I have multiple users on my computer and since my documents is located outside my user profile, I can’t hide it from other guests who would log on my computer…

    so let’s hope this stuff improves in Vista…

  73. btw my computer is only 2 years old…so if u’re thinking serves him right for using a 20 year old machine…then don’t :)

    the way i want it: C: for all your OS, programs etc related stuff…D: for all your data…so even if I’m making a website in Macromedia the default location for the saved webpages should be D:

    i’ll deal with the things later if I have to move to C: for some specific stuff…

  74. btw my computer is only 2 years old…so if u’re thinking serves him right for using a 20 year old machine…then don’t :)

    the way i want it: C: for all your OS, programs etc related stuff…D: for all your data…so even if I’m making a website in Macromedia the default location for the saved webpages should be D:

    i’ll deal with the things later if I have to move to C: for some specific stuff…

  75. Hi, I see. That’s Matt help you did the configuration. No entry to do this for common users. :( May I customize my template more than just colors?

    I do submit a lot of Feedbacks to the “Dear Admin”. Hope those help.

  76. Hi, I see. That’s Matt help you did the configuration. No entry to do this for common users. :( May I customize my template more than just colors?

    I do submit a lot of Feedbacks to the “Dear Admin”. Hope those help.

  79. http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/imac_more_than_just_a_media_center/

    Headline: iMac Stepping Stone To An Entertainment Thin-Client?

    what do you think Scoble…I sincerely hope Microsoft is firing on all cylinders in this period…because not only are they getting competition from everywhere, their competitors are becoming smarter by the day…

    why I want to root for MS…cause, in an about-turn some may say, Microsoft’s solutions these days turn out to be closely related to what consumers really want as well…just that other companies getting a bigger bite at the table w.r.t coolness, perhaps?

  80. http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/imac_more_than_just_a_media_center/

    Headline: iMac Stepping Stone To An Entertainment Thin-Client?

    what do you think Scoble…I sincerely hope Microsoft is firing on all cylinders in this period…because not only are they getting competition from everywhere, their competitors are becoming smarter by the day…

    why I want to root for MS…cause, in an about-turn some may say, Microsoft’s solutions these days turn out to be closely related to what consumers really want as well…just that other companies getting a bigger bite at the table w.r.t coolness, perhaps?

  81. Wow, who is this “Cody” person. Looks like Scoble gets new trolls all the time. It’s hard to keep track of them!

    “Isn’t it ironic how someone at MICROSOFT is complaining about bugs in the software? ”

    How is that ironic? That’s not ironic at all. You might think it’s funny, but that’s about as ironic as that stupid Alanis Morisette song.

    As for using IE, many of us prefer it to Firefox. Despite your claim, people who use IE aren’t therefore stupid. I use Maxthon for my daily browsing activities, although I use IE6 and IE7 a lot in my work.

    Despite what you may think, using a non-Microsoft browser does not make you “l33t.” It doesn’t make you smart, it doesn’t make you cool.

    Firefox is a fine choice of browser. But so is IE.

  82. Wow, who is this “Cody” person. Looks like Scoble gets new trolls all the time. It’s hard to keep track of them!

    “Isn’t it ironic how someone at MICROSOFT is complaining about bugs in the software? ”

    How is that ironic? That’s not ironic at all. You might think it’s funny, but that’s about as ironic as that stupid Alanis Morisette song.

    As for using IE, many of us prefer it to Firefox. Despite your claim, people who use IE aren’t therefore stupid. I use Maxthon for my daily browsing activities, although I use IE6 and IE7 a lot in my work.

    Despite what you may think, using a non-Microsoft browser does not make you “l33t.” It doesn’t make you smart, it doesn’t make you cool.

    Firefox is a fine choice of browser. But so is IE.

  85. As a guy who leads javascript development for a website, I have to say that IE is a terrible browser with a lot of bug and we spend an awful lot on working around its peculiarities.

    We also don’t develop using IE, we develop using FireFox because it has a useful debugger and gives good error messages. Then we back-port to IE.

    This is because IE is the WORST browser on the internet with more than 1% of users. Please, fix your thing.

  86. As a guy who leads javascript development for a website, I have to say that IE is a terrible browser with a lot of bug and we spend an awful lot on working around its peculiarities.

    We also don’t develop using IE, we develop using FireFox because it has a useful debugger and gives good error messages. Then we back-port to IE.

    This is because IE is the WORST browser on the internet with more than 1% of users. Please, fix your thing.

  91. Just like I tell everyone else.
    Click Feedback, type away with as much details as possible.
    So far as I hear, you’re one of their special beta testers (as witnessed by your custom header). Surely your input matters and has hopefully already been given :-).

  92. Just like I tell everyone else.
    Click Feedback, type away with as much details as possible.
    So far as I hear, you’re one of their special beta testers (as witnessed by your custom header). Surely your input matters and has hopefully already been given :-).