Windows 7 - Problem with Scripts

Asked By Searcher7

26-Jan-11 09:08 PM

I am not sure if this a Windows XP problem of a PC problem, but my
computer is having a difficult time with scripts. I have had this
problem for a while, but it has recently gotten a lot worse.

I try to keep Verizon e-mail open in a browser window because I need
to go back and forth to it so often. Verizon downgraded their site by
upgrading all the garbage you now have to wade through just to check e-
mail and I am getting a lot more of these messages when my pc slows
down:
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A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding.
You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script
will complete.

Script: http://webmail.verizon.com/webmailui/js/dojotoolkit/dojo/dojo.js?1.5:14
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My internet pc is a simple 866Mhz Pentium 3 with 512mb of ram, two
40Gig drives, and I use FireFox.

Any advice on how to correct this problem would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

26-Jan-11 10:01 PM

When I click that link, I am seeing a 778KB download containing some
kind of Javascript (not Java) library. The text is all packed together,
and I do not see any line breaks. The organization providing that code,
is here.

http://dojotoolkit.org

Now, that is a huge amount of Javascript code to eat, for a Pentium 3.

You really need help from a fellow Verizon webmail user, who has
fixed this.

There is more info here, on the purpose of that code. But it does not
answer the bigger question, of why your webmail needs it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo_Toolkit

it is no good for me to go here, because I cannot get past the sign-in.

http://webmail.verizon.com/signin/

Paul

26-Jan-11 10:03 PM

Would you be running Firefox, with "Noscript" installed ? Maybe that
is causing Javascript to malfunction. Or perhaps Javascript is turned
off in the browser preferences. Or are you running some version of
Internet Explorer ? it is pretty hard to debug, without an account.

Paul

26-Jan-11 10:41 PM

See if Scripting is disabled or turned off in IE\Properties\Security\Internet

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27-Jan-11 07:59 AM

| I am not sure if this a Windows XP problem of a PC problem, but my
| computer is having a difficult time with scripts. I have had this
| problem for a while, but it has recently gotten a lot worse.

| I try to keep Verizon e-mail open in a browser window because I need
| to go back and forth to it so often. Verizon downgraded their site by
| upgrading all the garbage you now have to wade through just to check e-
| mail and I am getting a lot more of these messages when my pc slows
| down:
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| -------------------------------------------------
| A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding.
| You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script
| will complete.

| Script: http://webmail.verizon.com/webmailui/js/dojotoolkit/dojo/dojo.js?1.5:14
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| ------------------------------------------------

| My internet pc is a simple 866Mhz Pentium 3 with 512mb of ram, two
| 40Gig drives, and I use FireFox.

| Any advice on how to correct this problem would be appreciated.

This is browser issue not an XP issue.

I am a Verizon user w/no noted problem using VoL Webmail on IE (6/7/8) and FireFox.

Consider switching to FireFox.



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27-Jan-11 01:47 PM

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d FireFox.

I thought I mentioned it, but it must have been lost in one of my
edits. But I am using FireFox. And in Tools > Options > Content, the

I was not sure whether or not this was an issue due to my slow PC.
(Which needs to be upgrade, because YouTube videos skip/drop frames
like crazy).

Anyway, I updated Java to 6.0.23, so I will see what happens.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

27-Jan-11 02:43 PM

Are you using a "NoScript" add-on for Firefox ? Perhaps that
is disabling JavaScript.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noscript

I think Java is a red herring. When I went to your link,
I was seeing gobs of JavaScript, which is a different beast.

Paul

28-Jan-11 10:35 PM

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and FireFox.

Well, I am still having problems. :-(

Where would I find this "Noscript" add-on *if* I have it?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

29-Jan-11 12:07 AM

There is a picture here. This shows "NoScript" in Add-ons.

http://www.pskl.us/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/noscript-1.jpg

You should also check the Preferences in Firefox, because you
can disable all JavaScript in there as well (via a tickbox).

http://www.redlandonline.com/Extranet/firefoxJavascript.png

On my browser, I keep Java disabled (if the browser even has
it at all), and keep JavaScript enabled. The only sites I have run
into, that use Java, are some online game sites (sites someone
might ask for help with).

Another function your browser should have, is a View:Source
menu item. Which allows you to look at the code which
renders the page. If you can identify the code type, that
may hint at why things are broken. Some pages go to great
lengths to obscure the source code, so only naive page
designs leave all the details visible. Using style sheets
or the like, it is possible to hide what is really being run.

If there was some publicly accessible site, which was broken
for you, by all means post a link, so we can give it a try.
Your webmail page is not going to work, because we cannot get
past the login window.

Paul

01-Feb-11 08:34 AM

See my post to this group which I just posted 4 minutes ago, and any
replies that I get, I hope.   Similarly, I will check out every reply
you get to see if any helps me.   Altthough I get far fewer srript
problems then I did about a month ago.

I didnt' see this thread until after I posted.

01-Feb-11 08:40 AM

Your add-ons are listed in alt/tools/addons.

If you do not know that, you may not have installed many of them.

A few can get installed by other software, like AVG, Skype, maybe Real
Player, but most of the thosands (50,000, was it?) of add-ons you have
to do yourself.  It says there have been 2 billion individual
downloads, and that FF4 is in beta.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ and
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/featured

03-Feb-11 06:08 AM

I am having this problem regularly lately and it just stops all
browser activity at times.  Very annoying.  I see it in the latest
version of Firefox, and in thr K-Meleon browser (which is built upon
the same engine as FF, but runs faster).  Those are the only browsers
I use.  I have two computers, one is newer, one older.  The older is
almost identical to yours as far as RAM, Drives, etc except mine is a
1000mhz Pentium3.  -BUT- I am running Windows 98 and Windows 2000 on
that machine.  I am getting those script errors regardless of the OS or
the computer hardware.  (It happens on FF and on K-Meleon).  Disabling
JavaScript stops the problem. In fact K-Meleon has a button tight on
the top to enable and disable java script with one simple click (I
wish Firefox had that), and if I get a browser lockup from script
errors, I will repeatedly click that disable Java Script button until it
stops the lockup.

Yes, I have been seeing many more of these lately, and so have several
other people I know.  Others have agreed with me, the cause is crappy
website code caused by using too many scripts on one page and too much
bloat. The worst sites are the Media sites like CNN, FOX, and tv
stations.  All these sites use excessive flash content and videos.
(Personally I hate those sites anyhow, far too much bloat and useless
crap, which loses the actual content).

Best solution is to keep java script disabled (from settings in FF).
Of course on Youtube and sites like that, you need java script to see
the videos.  As far as JAVA (not script), I always keep that disabled.
Never seen a need for it...
The other solution is to stay off those bloated media sites.