Several JavaScript issues in latest RC version [Mojave]

Uli

In the latest Orion RC version I keep encountering JavaScript (or CSS?) issues; I cannot remember that I experienced any of these in former versions, although they occur on web pages I visit regularly.

Here is an example (https://www.mactechnews.de/news/article/Vor-10-Jahren-Der-Mac-Pro-in-Tonnenform-als-gescheitertes-Produkt-183841.html#comments) from an open access Mac forum which allows upvotes and downvotes of comments, but only displays the sum of these votes; you have to hover the mouse cursor over the thumbs up and thumbs down icons to see the discrete up and down values. Here is Safari, where this works as expected (and like it did work in Orion as well):

Here is the current Orion version, where simply nothing happens:

There are similar issues which unfortunately occur behind paywalls, but which I assume are related because they failed in the same Orion version. These are often panels (logins, warnings, …) laid over the regular web page content (which is darkened) and which you cannot get rid of. There is a Close button or something similar, but they have no effect, so you’re stuck. If I encounter this variant on an openly accessible web page, I will add it here.

Version 0.99.126.3-rc (WebKit 618.1.2)

Mojave (10.14)

orionuser6651

Odd, works on 126.3-rc for me on Mojave.

Uli

orionuser6651 Odd, works on 126.3-rc for me on Mojave

After a restart of Orion, it does here, too. Sorry I didn’t try this before.

There are still the other issues behind paywalls, but these occur only in specific situations, so I’ll have to wait until they occur to see if the restart fixed them, too. I’ll report back here as soon as I have new information.

Uli

Uli orionuser6651 Odd, works on 126.3-rc for me on Mojave

After a restart of Orion, it does here, too. Sorry I didn’t try this before.

Strangely, meanwhile the issue reoccurred for me. Since I restarted Orion and the feature worked at first, I have

put the Mac to sleep for some time
opened other web pages in other tabs and windows in which presumably other JavaScript errors occurred

It seems that somehow over time this error is triggered again. It is still the exact same window and tab and web page in which the feature worked immidiately after the restart of Orion. And now, again it does not.

Uli

I don’t know if this is related, but it belongs to the group of presumably JavaScript issues that all appeared in the latest Orion version:

https://www.rewe.de/angebote/wiesbaden/240250/rewe-markt-erich-ollenhauer-str-70/?categories=alkoholfreie-getraenke (page of a grocery store) results in an endless loop and finally crashes. It had worked fine before the latest Orion version.

Uli

Uli I don’t know if this is related, but it belongs to the group of presumably JavaScript issues that all appeared in the latest Orion version:

https://www.rewe.de/angebote/wiesbaden/240250/rewe-markt-erich-ollenhauer-str-70/?categories=alkoholfreie-getraenke (page of a grocery store) results in an endless loop and finally crashes. It had worked fine before the latest Orion version.

This specific issue is fixed in Orion Version 0.99.126.4.1-rc (WebKit 618.1.2)

Vlad

Closing the thread. This is why we enforce one issue = one post, if you have more issues, open a new bug report for each.

Uli

Vlad This is why we enforce one issue = one post, if you have more issues, open a new bug report for each.

Understood. The problem in this case was/is that several other, presumably related issues are on private and most of all dynamic web pages, so even I can’t check right now if the whole group of issues is fixed, and in any case could not link to them here to reproduce.

The other publicly accessible issue mentioned here (the mouse-hover to display discrete up and down votes) seemed to disappear, then reoccurred, but now also seems fixed for good (fingers crossed).