Bug#588233: closed by Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> (Re: Bug#588233: iceweasel (firefox) doesn't open some pages (while opera and google-chrome do))

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 04:36:45PM +0200, Aldo Maggi wrote:
> Il giorno Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:36:22 +0000
> owner at bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) ha scritto:
> 
> > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> > which was filed against the iceweasel package:
> > 
> > #588233: iceweasel (firefox) doesn't open some pages (while opera and
> > google-chrome do)
> > 
> > It has been closed by Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org>.
> > 
> > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> > better one in a separate message then please contact Mike Hommey
> > <mh at glandium.org> by replying to this email.
> > 
> > 
> 
> i'm sorry but i cannot agree with your decision.
> 
> maybe my poor english did not explain correctly the problem, i try once
> more!
> 
> the problem IS an iceweasel (firefox) one and NOT a problem of the
> site IN FACT google-chrome and opera handle the site CORRECTLY and i
> can use the tool italian inps puts at my disposal!

The fact that a site works in particular browsers is not necessarily
proof that there is a problem with the other browsers where it doesn't.
See below.

> is the problem clearer now?
> 
> since i am a debian user i've reported the bug to you, if you are not
> even willing to try if your copy of iceweasel shows my same
> problem whit that page, let me know and i'll write a bug report to
> firefox developpers obviously adding your reasons for closing the bug.

I trusted that the problem existed for you and suggested a better course
of action for you: Using the "Report Broken Web Site" option in the Help
menu.

> maybe you should always bear in mind that iceweasel (firefox) does not
> represent the standard as far as internet browsers are concerned and if
> a page is handled by ie (under windows), google-chrome and opera (in
> debian) it should also by firefox.
> 
> while waiting for your follow up, i send my best regards.

There are a lot of things that work in various browsers and that don't
work in others. That's just how it works. But one common ground there
is for the various browsers to agree is standards.

Now, for your specific case, the error console displays the following
message:

Error: window.spQuesito3 is undefined
Source File:
http://servizi.inps.it/Servizi/Colf/Contributi/DatiContributi.asp
Line: 192

sqQuesito3 is the id of a span element in the html page. Except
window.<id> is not the standard way of doing that.
document.getElementById('id') is.

In other words, the site is broken because it doesn't respect the
standards that work across browsers.

Mike