[R-390] What's in the window?

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

  On 11/19/2010 9:04 AM, Barry wrote:
> That's very strange.  The text you quote below does not appear in my browser when i view the ad.  It varies from the "While an overhaul such as this goes far beyond the norm, this receiver is also far beyond the norm" on to the end of the ad.  That said, the stuff about the audio mods is not shown when I view the ad.
>
> Anyone else notice this?
>
Sure - I use a variety of browsers to test various things - 
and one time I viewed the auction I used an older version - 
and the ad's content was considerably different.  eBay is 
using Java to "serve" pages depending on what browser one is 
using.  This works well with any of the newer ones - but 
sometimes fails (sometimes really badly). I think that's why 
some are seeing some rather "odd" stuff.   My *GUESS* is 
that the seller used some copy and paste - then edited it to 
what they wanted.  However - even that process can have 
undesired results as Java is used to "build" the displayed 
areas (eBay "serves" the description- if you look at the 
page source - you'll find only a URL with Java directives - 
not the actual description) - and sometimes what get's 
"displayed" isn't what was intended...   Again - the older  
- less capable (i.e. compatible) browser used to view - the 
more "odd" the display can be...

In this case - (opinion / guess here) people using newer 
browsers are seeing what the seller intended - people using 
some older / less compatible browsers are seeing some "left 
overs" that might not have been intended...

Just my .02.

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