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Flash, hashes and ms ie bug
Posted in javascript by Chris van de Steeg
So today I was going to enable backbutton & bookmarking support for our epaper viewer (http://epaperdemos.modernmedia.nl/ – Dutch). To make this happen I ofcourse use the hash in the location, i.e. #2 for page 2. But weird things seem to happen with hashes & flash on the same page. It isn’t my own flash file that does this, it also happens on adobe.com for example.
Go to http://www.adobe.com/#logicalley using internet explorer and notice how #logicalley gets added to internet explorer’s window title as soon as the flash file is loaded … How weird is that.
I suspect that adobe’s flash is the one who causes this bug, since it does not seem to happen with other <object /> tags.
And more strange stuff seems to happen with the title. To reproduce:
- Type _is_ behind #logicalley in the url
- Hit enter
- Type logical behind #logicalley_is_ in the url
- Hit enter
The whole document title has dissapeared 
3 Responses to “Flash, hashes and ms ie bug”
Axel says:
Mar 5, 2007
Hi,
i have the same problem, do you know the cause? A dirty hack is to set a interval and reset the document.title.
If somebody has a better fix please notify me on https://www.willcodeqtforfood.de
best regards,
axel
Dobes Vandermeer says:
May 18, 2008
I’m also looking for a workaround for this … any ideas ? Have you tried reporting this to adobe?
Jessie Specht says:
Sep 15, 2011
Have you ever considered about adding a little bit more than just your articles? I mean, what you say is important and everything. But imagine if you added some great images or video clips to give your posts more, “pop”! Your content is excellent but with pics and clips, this website could definitely be one of the greatest in its niche. Excellent blog!
