Unresponsive script error when clicking on slideshow image link
All of a sudden Flash slideshows I have installed are getting an "unresponsive script" error when you click on any of the hyperlinked slideshow images. After clicking on the image, it takes a long time for the page to change, then the "unresponsive script" warning window pops up identifying this page as the culprit with a :16 at the end.
Example: http://accessretirement.com/new
The slideshow itself works fine, it is the hyperlink that is a problem. I didn't change the script. This happens in Safe Mode as well. Also happens on Windows laptop. Does not happen in Safari. Clients are screaming, have tried asking this question before but didn't get an answer. Appreciate any thoughts.
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Thanks a lot for trying, but it didn't work. I finally just replaced it with an HTML5 slideshow.
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I don't get any unresponsive script. It's best that the consumer contacts us as each case is different.
Some things you can suggest:
- Update to the latest version of Adobe Flash
- Clear cache and cookies
Modified by Andrew
Did both multiple times over last few days. Still get same error on both iMac and Windows laptop, but not in Safari.
See also this previous thread.
That was also my post. I didn't get a satisfactory answer so I rewrote/reposted the question.
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This is not a development issue. It worked fine until the last Firefox update...
Things change and specifications can change between updates. Also it can happen that previously a -moz prefix was required and that now an unprefixed version is supported.
This is simply a hyperlink issue. It has nothing to do with running a script.
Hi pellky, you wrote:
This is simply a hyperlink issue. It has nothing to do with running a script.
I think it's not an ordinary HTML hyperlink, but navigation generated by ActionScript in your Flash media. If you dump Flash and switch to a JavaScript slider with ordinary hyperlinks, that may well solve your problem.
(For the record, as I noted in the other thread, I don't get an error message, just a delay in navigation.)
I got rid of the warning window by changing something in about:config but it doesn't solve the problem of it taking forever to get to the new page once the image link is clicked. The navigation is in an XML script. It works fine in Safari, why not Firefox? I have at least 15 of these kind of slideshows, not inclined to change them all out just for Firefox.
I am having the same issue as pellky, but in this case it's a swf file that streams FLV files with a link. Clicking on the video normally takes users to a new page. In FF it throws up the Unresponsive script error, while on Chrome and Safari it works fine. This is a very recent issue and nothing was changed in the code.
Tried the safe FF mode, that didn't fix it.
Hi designjockey, if it's a Windows Vista - 7 -8 system, does it make any difference if you disable the Flash player plugin's protected mode? See this support article from Adobe under the heading "Last Resort": Adobe Forums: How do I troubleshoot Flash Player's protected mode for Firefox?
This might solve some Flash-related script errors, but might not have any effect on the slow navigation.
Hey jscher2000,
This was tested on multiple machines including Mac Snow Leopard, Mac Lion, Win 7. There is no error in the Flash itself, the script error is coming from the browser when clicked on the banner to invoke a link.
Same problem on Mountain Lion. Works fine in both Chrome and Safari. This is a very recent error, within a couple of weeks.
Yes it is very recent, pellky, we only noticed it today so it can't be that old.
Someone who is good with debuggers/profilers could investigate where the delay is.
jscher2000, I already tried debugger, with no luck.
I first reported this on 8/5. Is that considered "very recent" when clients are screaming because their customers can't get to the landing pages that sell their products?
Has anyone filed a bug on this? I can't find one. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
I am not a Flash developer, but based on trying to understand how Flash is interacting with Firefox, it might be helpful to indicate:
(1) Whether you are using the ActionScript 2 getURL() method or the ActionScript 3 navigateToURL() method, or some other method; and
(2) Whether the destination URL is known to your script at the time of the click or must be retrieved using a network request.