Hi Jason, Thank you for your reply, I added the "timer: " label at the last moment to clarify the example, it had nothing to do with the problem. The problem has however completely disappeared, I can only guess what caused it, probably some kind of fluke in Firefox.
Kind regards, John Jason wrote: > Are you using Firebug by any chance? It's a great resource for helping > debug JavaScript errors in Firefox (among many other things). If > you're not, I seriously recommend it: > > http://getfirebug.com/ > > I was able to get your gadget to work by replacing the following line > with the line below it. You were missing the assignment operator (or > rather, it came too late in the expression): > > ORIGINAL: > document.getElementById('info').innerHTML 'timer: ' += timer + > '<br>'; > > MODIFIED: > document.getElementById('info').innerHTML = 'timer: ' + timer + > '<br>'; > > Let me know if your gadget still doesn't work after doing this (it > does for me). In either case, orkut isn't blocking timeouts so this > isn't the issue. > > - Jason > > On Sep 28, 7:34 am, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am experiencing a problem using the setTimeout() function. For some >> reason it does not work in Firefox 3 on Orkut. In the testcase I made >> it should display the text "Done waiting!" after 5 seconds, but in >> Firefox nothing happens, no errors are set either. If I load the >> application in Safari it works fine, when I test the JavaScript code >> in a plain HTMl document it also works fine in Firefox, which makes me >> think that the Orkut sandbox is doing something that interferes with >> my code, but I have no idea what it can be. >> >> I have tried many variations of passing the arguments to the >> setTimeout() function and even setInterval(), but it either fires >> immediately or not at all. I have been unable to make the script pause >> on Orkut with Firefox. >> >> Is there anybody who can help me with this? >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> >> <Module> >> <ModulePrefs title="Timeout test"> >> <Require feature="opensocial-0.7" /> >> </ModulePrefs> >> <Content type="html"> >> <![CDATA[ >> <script type="text/javascript"> >> >> function init() { >> >> document.getElementById('info').innerHTML += 'Wait 5 >> seconds...<br>'; >> >> var timer = setTimeout(function() {doneWaiting()}, 5000); >> >> document.getElementById('info').innerHTML 'timer: ' += timer >> + >> '<br>'; >> } >> >> function doneWaiting() { >> >> document.getElementById('info').innerHTML += 'Done >> waiting!<br>'; >> } >> >> gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler(init); >> >> </script> >> >> <div id="info"> >> >> </div> >> >> ]]> >> </Content> >> </Module> >> > > > -- http://YouAks.com - online quizzes and surveys KvK registration: 20142445 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
