why not just use /(\s+)/ in firefox too then? It gives me the correct number of 5.
On 6/10/07, Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
javascript:alert("hello there Opera".split(/\b/).length) Firefox says 5 , safari says 6, Opera says 15! it really got me confused while writing some jQuery code! now I use $.browser.opera ? /(\s+)/ : /\b/ ; instead. Ouch, I didn't realize there was that much of a difference!