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inops
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by inops » 2019-11-03, 01:01
Hi all,
I've noticed a problem with the edX website in Pale Moon. I'm using 28.7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit.
Some of the pages don't render properly, e.g. the
computer science course page (see the attached PNG). I've replicated this on a fresh profile. I can't replicate the issue on Firefox 70.
Additionally (while preparing this post), I noticed I can't take a full-page screenshot of the page using the Developer toolbar (screenshot /tmp/screenshot.png --fullpage), the following is printed into the browser console (excuse the poor formatting):
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Exception { }
cli.js:2056
Object { isTypedData: true, data: Object, type: "error" }
cli.js:2056
Object { columnNumber: 0, lineNumber: 314, message: "", stack: "createScreenshotData@resource://gre…" }
cli.js:2056
Thanks.
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Moonchild
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by Moonchild » 2019-11-03, 11:42
They place unrestricted SVG images in flex items. Flex items will scale to content; the design just needs to set specific sizes for their fontawesome elements.
"Sometimes, the best way to get what you want is to be a good person." -- Louis Rossmann
"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past; wisdom is of the future." -- Native American proverb
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SLotman
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by SLotman » 2020-04-27, 20:18
I came here to post about this exact same issue. Their site is STILL rendering like that :/
I suppose changing the user agent string will have no effect?
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SLotman
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by SLotman » 2020-04-27, 20:49
Just made a small GreaseMonkey script that helps a bit:
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// ==UserScript==
// @name edx svg fixer
// @namespace *
// @include http://*edx.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// @run-at document-end
// ==/UserScript==
console.info('running SVG fixer...');
var all = document.body.getElementsByTagName("svg");
for (var i=0; i<all.length; i++) {
all[i].style.width = "15px";
}
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New Tobin Paradigm
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by New Tobin Paradigm » 2020-04-27, 21:16
MAYBE their webmaster/designer needs to take that course.
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Moonchild
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by Moonchild » 2020-04-27, 21:31
Or learn how to use font-based graphics, which is probably the second part of that course
"Sometimes, the best way to get what you want is to be a good person." -- Louis Rossmann
"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past; wisdom is of the future." -- Native American proverb
"Linux makes everything difficult." -- Lyceus Anubite
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coffeebreak
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by coffeebreak » 2020-04-28, 06:19
SLotman wrote: ↑2020-04-27, 20:18
Their site is STILL rendering like that :/
Thanks for the user script.
One thing I noticed: it needs an
@include for the http
s version of the site in order to work.
Have you tried
contacting edX?
If they are notified of the
problem by their students/prospective students, maybe they'll fix it.
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SLotman
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by SLotman » 2020-04-28, 21:46
coffeebreak wrote: ↑2020-04-28, 06:19
Have you tried
contacting edX?
If they are notified of the
problem by their students/prospective students, maybe they'll fix it.
This was first reported here on Nov/2019. I don't think they care...
And yeah, I altered the script here to also include https
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coffeebreak
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by coffeebreak » 2020-04-28, 22:56
SLotman wrote: ↑2020-04-28, 21:46
This was first reported here on Nov/2019. I don't think they care...
Yeah, I know the feeling.
But on the other hand, how will they know about this issue if it's not reported to them directly?
EdX isn't aware of Pale Moon forum reports.
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inops
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by inops » 2020-05-11, 16:49
coffeebreak wrote: ↑2020-04-28, 22:56
Yeah, I know the feeling.
But on the other hand, how will they know about this issue if it's not reported to them directly?
EdX isn't aware of Pale Moon forum reports.
I did contact them about it back in November, but they never replied. I don't know if anyone else wants to try...
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adesh
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by adesh » 2020-05-11, 17:03
As mentioned above, website is poorly coded. There is nothing (good) that browser can do for it to display properly.
Do not visit that site. Vote with your wallet.