On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:17 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > You will note that the OP asked " So why does this site get me a warning >> that a script is busy or not responding? ". >> >> I was having the same sorts of messages in FireFox until the Java and Java >> add-ons were dealt with as i described. You can quibble about the >> difference >> all you want. >> > > Not a quibble. I'm trying to keep a common misconception from spreading, > before it becomes the next 'Zap your PRAM' or 'Repair Permissions' placebo. > Java has *nothing whatsoever* to do with JavaScript. There are no Java > elements on the Yahoo page in question. > > Updating Java for a J-script issue makes as much sense as "You're having a > problem with Photoshop? I'd re-install MS Office." > > If this process fixed your system, then your errors were either related to > an actual Java program, not a JavaScript program or (far more likely) the > updating process fixed the actual problem, like a corrupted cache. > > If there's a problem with Java on a page, the error message will refer to > an 'applet' not a script. That 'script is busy or not responding' error > message is exclusively a JavaScript error message. > > _________________________________________________________ > Then why do the tags that AdBlock plus attaches to ads bring up a menu which includes a Java item? And why do the ads go away when you drop the URL into the AdBlock filter panel? And I think the updating process was not as important as eliminating multiple installs. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
