[TYPO3-project-4-3] Final solution to all IE6 errors!

[Dan Osipov]

For what its worth, I'm for #1!

Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey guys (& gals),
> 
> this morning I took the time to dig into the IE6 problems and all the 
> error messages. With Steffen I came to the conclusion that it's related 
> to the ext-prototype-adapter.js. Basically it's a faulty adapter and 
> always throws some errors when unloading the page.
> 
> So, I haven't really dug into the prototype-adapter.js file, but we have 
> two ways to solve this issue:
> 
> 1) Exchange the prototype adapter with the ext-base class
> 
> Pros:
>  - it works and is just one line to fix the problem
>  - Protoype and extJS are still working
>  - Maybe the execution of things are faster as they are implemented 
> better in ext?
> 
> Cons:
>  - the footprint of ext-base.js is 35KB instead of the 16KB of the 
> prototype-adapter.
> 
> 2) Dig down deeper in the ext-prototype adapter and find the problem, 
> fix it in our SVN and file a bug report to the ext-team.
> 
> Pros:
>  - We'll find the source of the problem
> 
> Cons:
>  - More work on our end? ;-)
> 
> 
> All the best,
> Benni.