Browser compatibility

[Boylett]

Hi.

 

I'm trying to make a script which is an online live map for a game server. It uses AJAX to read mapdata.php and update dots on the map to show players positions. At the moment, I just have mapdata.php emitting random positions just for testing.

 

Basicly all that should be happending at the moment is at the centre of the map there should be a blue moving about.

 

In Opera and IE it performs the AJAX call only once then leaves the dot in one place (so it's sort of working).

In Firefox it works perfectly - the blue dot moves about randomly in the centre.

 

The centre of the map is at 3000,3000 pixels. Just put your scroll bars in the middle and you should see it.

 

The page is here: http://www.xendot.com/map/

 

I hope someone can figure this out, thanks.

[rhodesa]

Save yourself the trouble and use the AJAX functionality from a JS library. They handle all the browser differences. A nice lightweight one is jQuery

[Boylett]

I'll have a look at it

[rhodesa]

Here are some examples of how easy AJAX is with jQuery:

 

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-ajaxjquery.html#simplifying-ajax

[Boylett]

Now it works in Opera and Firefox only. Not Internet Explorer

 

edit: i.e. same result in Internet Explorer as was before but Opera is getting the perfect result like firefox.

[rhodesa]

Works for me in IE6. Try clearing your temporary internet files and reloading the page.

[Boylett]

I did a CTRL+F5 and it was the same. btw im testing in IE7

[rhodesa]

Sorry, I don't have access to IE7 on this machine...

[Boylett]

I guess I'll just have to wait until jQuery updates to support IE7 then.