Irritating VBF focus issue

[zaza]

It's starting to irritate me that every time I reply to a thread and start typing, three seconds later the focus is set to that large ad at the bottom of the screen and my sentence remains incomplete.

Somebody sort it out!

[ComputerJy]

Weird, what browser do you use?

[mendhak]

Microsoft Excel, obviously. It's in his signature.

[zaza]

This focus issue is really starting to annoy me. Particularly when I realise I have typed a mistake, push backspace and then look at the screen to find that due to the focus problem it has sent me back to the previous webpage.



Somebody Sort It Out!!!!!!!!

[sevenhalo]

Ohh good, it's not just me. I'm going through the same thing, but I just assumed someone put a crappy key logger on my computer.

[MartinLiss]

It happens to me too.

[RhinoBull]

Weird, what browser do you use?

How is it relevant??? It happends to me as well and I'm using IE, IE the only IE and nothing else but IE.

[MartinLiss]

It's relevant (btw it just happened to me as I was writing this) because as you know some problems are specific to a given browser.

[MartinLiss]

The ad the got me was the one for the Palm Trio.

[penagate]

Can't say I've ever had it. Either with or without IE.

[ComputerJy]

How is it relevant??? It happends to me as well and I'm using IE, IE the only IE and nothing else but IE.

because "IE the only IE and nothing else but IE." is the only browser that gives focus to flash objects and asks you to click on them to activate them. I thought it might be a flash ad... so it's relevant

I'll take this opportunity to ask you all to start using FireFox

[brad jones]

Is this an IE only issue?

When you have trouble with an ad, it really helps me if you can do two things -- capture the screen - or the image of the ad so we know which one it is, and two capture the source code for the page. If you can post both of these, it really points the finger at the specific ad that is causing a problem.

I'll assume based on the posts that the ad causing the focus issue is a Palm Trio ad that appears at the bottom of the page. There is also one that appears at the top, so I'm not sure if it is causing issues too...?

Brad!

[MartinLiss]

I was referring to the ad at the top of the page. Please tell me exactly how I can capture the source code for the page.

[sevenhalo]

in IE6: Right click the page, click view source and a text file will pop up like this:

[ComputerJy]

in FF: right click the page, click "View Page Source" and a new window with the source code will popup

[sevenhalo]

I just had it happen. it was during the IBM advertisement.

[Static]

Same here.. its the IBM add at the bottom..
as soon as i lost focus.. I check by shift-tab. the "TOP" link was highlighted.

the source i am attaching is that link and everything below it.
the ad appears to be a flash ad. (IBM)

im using..my own webbrowser - webbrowser control.. so IE

[ComputerJy]

If something is wrong in the code
it would be here:

var prplgin=(navigator.mimeTypes && navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"])?(navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin):(0);

[RhinoBull]

...I'll take this opportunity to ask you all to start using FireFox

Not a chance.

[ComputerJy]

I was looking and I found this:
to make your code pure javascript you have to use this:

// IE flash detection.
	for(var i=7; i>0; i--){
		flashVersion = 0;
		try{
			var flash = new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." + i);
			flashVersion = i;
			return;
		}
		catch(e){
		}
	}

[ComputerJy]

Not a chance.

You can't blame a man for trying

[Shaggy Hiker]

Never had this happen. Now I'll watch out for it.

[zaza]

Has the IBM ad been taken down? It frequently seems now that no ads appear at the bottom when replying to a thread, including this reply. The "Bottom ad" section refers to a Blank.gif instead.

When there is no ad, there is no focus issue.

Cheers,

zaza

[Valleysboy1978]

Never had a problem, but then I use Fx