Firefox and JavaScript 1.4

Hello all,

I have an issue that has me quite confused.

I am enrolled in online university courses and the school uses an
application called WebTycho to present its courses online. One of the
requirements for using the application is JavaScript 1.5.

If you go to the website (http://tychousa.umuc.edu) you will see a link
button at the bottom called "Check your browser" which verifies your
browser/system and tells you if anything does not meet the requirements.

The problem is this:

If I install Firefox as provided by SuSE Linux and run this browser test I
am told that I am using JavaScript 1.4. Unfortunately, this disqualifies
me from using the application.

To solve this problem I downloaded Firefox from the Mozilla site and sure
enough, when I run the browser check it shows that I have JavaScript 1.5,
and all is well in the world.

Since the standalone version of Firefox shows JavaScript 1.5 I am assuming
that it does not rely on the SuSE OS to provide it, rather it comes
bundled in Firefox.

My question is this: why does SuSE use JavaScript 1.4 in its version of
Firefox, and is there any way to change this behavior?

Thanks in advance,

Dave

david.jopson@gmail.com wrote:

> My question is this: why does SuSE use JavaScript 1.4 in its version of
> Firefox, and is there any way to change this behavior?

I think that one can install either 1.4 or 1.5 when installing suse 10.1
I have 1.5 installed.

-G-

> I think that one can install either 1.4 or 1.5 when installing suse 10.1
> I have 1.5 installed.
>
> -G-
>

G,

Do you know what package provides it? A search through YaST returns hits
for kdebindings and oldrhino. I know rhino is JavaScript written in Java,
but that isn't what I'm looking for here.

Thanks for the reply.

D

After serious contemplation, on or about Tuesday 26 September 2006 5:06
pm david.jopson@gmail.com perhaps from david.jopson@gmail.com wrote:

>> I think that one can install either 1.4 or 1.5 when installing suse
>> 10.1 I have 1.5 installed.
>>
>> -G-
>>
>
> G,
>
> Do you know what package provides it? A search through YaST returns
> hits for kdebindings and oldrhino. I know rhino is JavaScript written
> in Java, but that isn't what I'm looking for here.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> D

How does one even tell what version of JavaScript one has? Doesn't that
come bundled with the browser? It sounds more like you are talking
about Java which has a version 1.4 and 1.5 rather than JavaScript.

--
Later,
Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com

Webpage Sorcery
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We Put the Magic in Your Webpages

> How does one even tell what version of JavaScript one has? Doesn't that
> come bundled with the browser? It sounds more like you are talking
> about Java which has a version 1.4 and 1.5 rather than JavaScript.
>
> --
> Later,
> Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com
>
> Webpage Sorcery
> http://webpagesorcery.com
> We Put the Magic in Your Webpages

Darrell,

I am in fact talking about JavaScript. The latest version of JavaScript is
1.5, and yes it does seem to be part of the browser. Go to
http://www.mozilla.org/js/ to learn more about it if you like.

To tell what version of JavaScript you have, go to the link from my
original post:

http://tychousa.umuc.edu

and click on the "Check your browser" link at the bottom of the page. It
will open another window with a synopsis of your browser's capabilities,
namely your Java version, JavaScript version, and whether or not you have
the Flash plugin installed.

Dave

After serious contemplation, on or about Wednesday 27 September 2006
3:33 am david.jopson@gmail.com perhaps from david.jopson@gmail.com
wrote:

>> How does one even tell what version of JavaScript one has? Doesn't
>> that
>> come bundled with the browser? It sounds more like you are talking
>> about Java which has a version 1.4 and 1.5 rather than JavaScript.
>>
>> --
>> Later,
>> Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com
>>
>> Webpage Sorcery
>> http://webpagesorcery.com
>> We Put the Magic in Your Webpages
>
> Darrell,
>
> I am in fact talking about JavaScript. The latest version of
> JavaScript is 1.5, and yes it does seem to be part of the browser. Go
> to http://www.mozilla.org/js/ to learn more about it if you like.
>
> To tell what version of JavaScript you have, go to the link from my
> original post:
>
> http://tychousa.umuc.edu
>
> and click on the "Check your browser" link at the bottom of the page.
> It will open another window with a synopsis of your browser's
> capabilities, namely your Java version, JavaScript version, and
> whether or not you have the Flash plugin installed.
>
> Dave

Ah, thanks. I thought maybe there was some internal way within Firefox
to check.

Firefox (1.5.0.6) and Galeon have Javascript 1.4 while Konqueror (3.5.1)
and Opera (9.0) have Javascript 1.5 on my system.

--
Later,
Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com

Webpage Sorcery
http://webpagesorcery.com
We Put the Magic in Your Webpages

> Ah, thanks. I thought maybe there was some internal way within Firefox
> to check.
>
> Firefox (1.5.0.6) and Galeon have Javascript 1.4 while Konqueror (3.5.1)
> and Opera (9.0) have Javascript 1.5 on my system.
>
> --
> Later,
> Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com
>
> Webpage Sorcery
> http://webpagesorcery.com
> We Put the Magic in Your Webpages

Darrell,

SeaMonkey also has 1.4 while Mozilla has 1.5. The funny thing about
Firefox is if you get it directly from Mozilla via the normal download, it
has 1.5, which leads me to believe SuSE retrofits their bundled version
with 1.4 for some reason.

Dave

After serious contemplation, on or about Wednesday 27 September 2006
12:59 pm david.jopson@gmail.com perhaps from david.jopson@gmail.com
wrote:

>> Ah, thanks. I thought maybe there was some internal way within
>> Firefox to check.
>>
>> Firefox (1.5.0.6) and Galeon have Javascript 1.4 while Konqueror
>> (3.5.1) and Opera (9.0) have Javascript 1.5 on my system.
>>
>> --
>> Later,
>> Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com
>>
>> Webpage Sorcery
>> http://webpagesorcery.com
>> We Put the Magic in Your Webpages
>
> Darrell,
>
> SeaMonkey also has 1.4 while Mozilla has 1.5. The funny thing about
> Firefox is if you get it directly from Mozilla via the normal
> download, it has 1.5, which leads me to believe SuSE retrofits their
> bundled version with 1.4 for some reason.
>
> Dave

I didn't check SeaMonkey until you mentioned it. Mine also has
JavaScript 1.4 but while it says Java is enabled, it also says N/A for
the Java version.

I think you are correct about Suse.
--
Later,
Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com

Webpage Sorcery
http://webpagesorcery.com
We Put the Magic in Your Webpages

david.jopson@gmail.com wrote:
> G,
>
> Do you know what package provides it? A search through YaST returns hits
> for kdebindings and oldrhino. I know rhino is JavaScript written in Java,
> but that isn't what I'm looking for here.

D,
I am sorry, it was my mistake. I was talking about Java SDK 1.5 and 1.4
(which one can choose) not JavaScript...
(I have no idea of what Javascript version I have with Firefox).

Sorry again

-G-

david.jopson@gmail.com wrote:
>> Ah, thanks. I thought maybe there was some internal way within Firefox
>> to check.
>>
>> Firefox (1.5.0.6) and Galeon have Javascript 1.4 while Konqueror (3.5.1)
>> and Opera (9.0) have Javascript 1.5 on my system.
>>
>> --
>> Later,
>> Darrell Stec darstec@neo.rr.com
>>
>> Webpage Sorcery
>> http://webpagesorcery.com
>> We Put the Magic in Your Webpages
>
> Darrell,
>
> SeaMonkey also has 1.4 while Mozilla has 1.5. The funny thing about
> Firefox is if you get it directly from Mozilla via the normal download, it
> has 1.5, which leads me to believe SuSE retrofits their bundled version
> with 1.4 for some reason.
>
> Dave

firefox 2.0 rc1 has javascript 1.7

If you are brave enough to test you can download it from
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.html

I hope a release candidate still is near ready for release,
and not redefined by M$ with their vista rc1 :-)

/birger