#14 Starting page error (UK related?)

[Peter Warden]

Richard Darby reported an error:

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I can't get SearchMash to work on my computer. I've upgraded IE to 7 (didn't even realise they'd released that), upgraded Java to 1.5.0_09, all on a PC with windows XP home edition, version 2002, service pack 2. I've also tried it in FireFox 1.5.0.8. I've also tried messing with security settings, but the result is always the same (and was the same before I updgraded Java and IE). When I first ran SearchMash I was asked to accept the signed applet, which I did and which seems to be OK.

Basically in the loading stages I have "Loading" in the left hand frame, and some info about SearchMash in the middle frame, and when the page has loaded I get Google in both frames (with the applet on the right throughout), with some JavaScript errors I've included below. Then whatever I do to search Google, it always takes over the frameset, so I'm viewing Google as normal (a single page).

If I hit "back" after the page has loaded, I can get the SeachMash info back in the middle frame, but this doesn't change the result when I search in the left hand frame.

I've included the error messages here, I don't have a JavaScript debugger hooked up on this computer but I think I've got one lying around if it would help.

IE
Line: 1
Char: 4102
Error: Object required
Code: 0
URL: http://mashproxy.com/search/appletframe.html

FireFox
sf is not defined Line: 1 http://mashproxy.com/search/
next has no properties Line: 1 http://mashproxy.com/search/

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My current suspicion is that there might be a problem because Richard's UK based, and is probably starting at the google.co.uk home page automatically, as I remember google.com forwarding to there. If that's the problem, I'll need to upgrade my google page detection to include all country domains that google has.