Darren, it is entirely possible that we have some JavaScript in the Shindig code that will break in IE. None of these stand out as known issues to me personally and we are using the client side JavaScript from Shindig in an application that runs on IE8. What I suggest is narrowing down where in the Shindig code these errors are coming from and people on the dev list can make better suggestions as to what the problem may be.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Darren Bond <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > We have been testing our Shindig implementation under different browsers and > have noticed errors, specifically under Internet Explorer, when moving > gadgets to different positions on the page. These errors appear to reference > back to Shindig code. > > > > Below are our test steps:- > > > > 1- Using Internet Explorer (ideally IE8 if installed) browse to > http://beta.blueg.com/personal/ and click the resulting Create Home Page > dialog's "See my page" button. Initially you will see 5 default gadgets. > > > > 2- To reproduce the issue most clearly, delete the gadgets 'Flixter Movies' > and 'Facebook for iGoogle'. > > > > 3- Now try moving each gadget from one column to another and do this a > number of times. For major browsers except for Internet Explorer this > sequence of actions will be completed without error. However, Internet > Explorer will throw various kinds of javascript errors originating in our > copy of Shindig. > > > > For example if you drag the Wikipedia gadget to different columns several > times you will get a variety of errors including the following:- > > > > a) 'Error: 'unescape' is undefined' > > b) Error: Unable to get property 'prototype' of undefined or null reference > > c) Error: Unable to get property 'setMessages_' of undefined or null > reference > > d) Error: Object doesn't support this action > > e) Error: Object doesn't support property or method 'runOnLoadHandlers' > > > > Similar errors seem to be grouped together except for d) above (where > 'Error: 'String' is undefined') - you can see this particular error if you > drag and drop the Date & Time gadget. > > > > Could Shindig Javascript API be specifying a requirement which cannot be > handled by IE? > > > > Below is the relevant code snippet that renders the gadget's iFrame inside > the specified HTML item. The necessary js client code you can also see at > gadget.js and gadgetPreference.js > > > > CommonContainer.renderGadget = function (gadget, contentHolder, > userPreference) { > > var gadgetURL = gadget.Url; > > var el = $(contentHolder).get(0); > > var params; > > > > if (userPreference == null) { > > params = { userPrefs: cacheDefaultUserPreference[gadgetURL] }; > > gadget.SaveGadget(cacheDefaultUserPreference[gadgetURL]); > > } else { > > params = { userPrefs: userPreference }; > > } > > > > params["view"] = "home"; > > > > if (gadget.ViewType == GadgetViewTypes.Canvas) { > > params["view"] = "canvas"; > > } > > > > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%'; > > var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el); > > CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL, {}, params); > > defaultUserPreference = {}; > > > > return gadgetSite; > > }; > > > > Any help is much appreciated. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Darren >
