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Simple webpage that crashes Internet Explorer 8

Answer 1

A:

I can replicate your problem using IE8 on Windows 7. It could well be related to this post which suggests that the problem is caused by trying to modify an element before the page has finished loading. If this is the case you can fix the problem by using jQuery to call the loadScript method after the page has finished loading. E.g.

<script>
    $().ready(function() {
        loadScript();
    });
</script>

Phil Hale 2010-10-01 12:23:47

Thanks for the suggestion, but no that still crashes the browser...

Peter 2010-10-01 13:09:48

Sorry I also should have said you need to comment out the window.onload = loadScript line. The fix I suggested worked when I tried it

Phil Hale 2010-10-01 15:40:16

How weird, I tried it (and I did remove the window.onload line), but it still crashed. However, remember that I am not looking for a fix to my code...

Peter 2010-10-02 18:05:02

Answer 2

A:

Try moving the script down to the bottom of the page.

I'd also tidy up the following:

Remove the non-html code in the body
Add opening & closing html tag

This works for me:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Crashes IE8 on Win7</title>
<style type="text/css">
article { display: block; }
</style>

</head>
<body>

<div id="map_canvas"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
document.createElement('article');
document.createElement('nav');

function initialize() {
    var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), {});
}

function loadScript() {
    var script = document.createElement("script");
    script.type = "text/javascript";
    script.src = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&amp;callback=initialize";
    document.body.appendChild(script);
}
window.onload = loadScript;
</script>
</body>
</html>

Space Monkey 2010-10-01 14:27:40

Hi Space Monkey. Thanks for your reply. However, I think you misunderstood my reason for posting. I am NOT looking for a fix to my HTML code. I even wrote the fix myself in the original post. I guess you can say my only question was if this crashes IE for other people also. I should have be more clear about that; I am wondering if I should report this somewhere, since crashes are often an entry point for cyberattacks.

Peter 2010-10-02 17:58:26

Ah, ooops. Okay, well I can confirm that the original code did crash my IE8. However, I don't feel that this is something that can be reported, as the code itself is intentionally broken.

Space Monkey 2010-10-06 08:52:15

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