3.1 Question

Hi Everyone,

Hope your week is going fine! Mine is. It is two more days closer to the
weekend *grin*

I have a question and not sure how to pose it. So, if anyone needs
clarification, because I am not making sense please let me know!

On my opening page of my website I have a mouse trail, stars. Which I have
received a lot of queries about. However one of my antiquated friends, who
refuses to upgrade his computer, is running 3.1 and informed me today that
when he opens the web site he gets the following message which is the
script. Can anyone tell me is it due to the system he is running? 

if (version > 3)
                document.write('<div id="trailSprite1"><img
src="trailgif5.gif" height="10" width="10" border="0"
name="trailSprite1img"></div><div id="trailSprite2"><img
src="trailgif5.gif" height="10" width="10" border="0"
name="trailSprite2img"></div><div id="trailSprite3"><img
src="trailgif5.gif" height="10" width="10" border="0"
name="trailSprite3img"></div><div id="trailSprite4"><img
src="trailgif5.gif" height="10" width="10" border="0"
name="trailSprite4img"></div><div id="trailSprite5"><img
src="trailgif5.gif" height="10" width="10" border="0"
name="trailSprite5img"></div><div id="trailSprite6"><img
src="trailgif5.gif" height="10" width="10" border="0"
name="trailSprite6img"></div>')

        var isNS = (navigator.appName == "Netscape");
        layerRef = (isNS) ? "document" : "document.all";
        styleRef = (isNS) ? "" : ".style";
        
        var queue = new Array();
        var NUM_OF_TRAIL_PARTS = 6
        
        for (x=1; x < 7; x++) {  
                eval("trailSpriteFrame" + x + " = new Image(10,10);");
                eval("trailSpriteFrame" + x + ".src = 'trailgif" + x +
".gif';");
        }



        function trailSpriteObj(anID) {
                this.trailSpriteID = "trailSprite" + anID; 
                this.imgRef = "trailSprite" + anID + "img"; 
                this.currentFrame = 1; //the varible for looking after
the frame
                this.animateTrailSprite = animateTrailSprite; 
        }

        function animateTrailSprite() {
                if (this.currentFrame <7) {     
                        if (isNS) {                     
                                eval("document['"+ this.imgRef +
"'].src  =  trailSpriteFrame" + this.currentFrame + ".src");
                        } else {
                                eval("document['" + this.imgRef +
"'].src  =  trailSpriteFrame" + this.currentFrame + ".src");
                        }
                        this.currentFrame ++; 
                } else {                                        
                        eval(layerRef + '.' + this.trailSpriteID + 
styleRef + '.visibility = "hidden"');
                }       
        }

        

        function processAnim() {
                for(x=0; x < NUM_OF_TRAIL_PARTS; x++)
                        queue[x].animateTrailSprite();
        }

        function processMouse(e) {
                currentObj = shuffleQueue();
                if (isNS) {
                        eval("document." + currentObj + ".left = e.pageX
- 0 ;");
                        eval("document." + currentObj + ".top = e.pageY
+ 5;");
                } else {
                        eval("document.all." + currentObj +
".style.pixelLeft = event.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft - 0 ;");
                        eval("document.all." + currentObj +
".style.pixelTop = event.clientY + document.body.scrollTop + 5;");
                }
        }

        function shuffleQueue() {
                lastItemPos = queue.length - 1;
                lastItem = queue[lastItemPos];
                for (i = lastItemPos; i>0; i--) 
                        queue[i] = queue[i-1];
                queue[0] = lastItem;
                
                queue[0].currentFrame = 1;      
                eval(layerRef + '.' + queue[0].trailSpriteID +  styleRef
+ '.visibility = "visible"');  
        
                return  queue[0].trailSpriteID;
        }

        function init() {
                for(x=0; x<NUM_OF_TRAIL_PARTS; x++)     
                        queue[x] = new trailSpriteObj(x+1) ;
        
                if (isNS) { document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE); }
                document.onmousemove = processMouse;

                setInterval("processAnim();",25);
        }

        if (version > 3)
                window.onload = init;

Thanks for any advice you can give!


Sharon Ling

Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.

http://www.chariot.net.au/~sll

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