EnDe.bug.txt

	
KNOWN API PROBLEMS
	
    Character/String (Encoding)
	
	* URL UTF-8 (%XX)       - when feed with UTF-8 characters it may return unexpected results
		this is not a bug but the implication that JavaScript is based on Unicode and not UTF-8
		hence this action must be feed with real URL encoded UTF-8 characters
	* Unicode halfwidth     - lazy implementation does not check for undefined halfwidth characters
	* Block TEA (raw)       - most likely not reversible with corresponding decoding function
	* Block TEA (*)         - works for character code <256 only
	* x-bit binary          - works for character code <256 only
	* xHMAC                 - HMAC Key not yet implemented
	
    Character/String (Decoding)
	
	* base64                - is ambigious for 2-Byte characters (like '&#8364;') in all browsers
	* Block TEA (raw)       - most likely not reversible with corresponding encoding function
	* Punycode              - may return wrong decoded text if input string is IDN coded
	
    uuencode
	
	Following restrictions apply currently:
	
	* uuencode              - '`' used as padding character; all lines are 62 characters + leading byte count character 'M' + final '\n'
	* uuencode (hist)       - '&#160;' (space 0x20) used as padding character; last line of encoding may have different leading byte count character
	* uuencode (user)       - "Prefix" used as begin line, "Suffix" used as end line and
		"Delimiter" used as padding character. Note that '\n' must
		be part of the prefix and suffix string if needed.
	
    uudecode
	
	* uudecode (user)       - "Prefix" as begin line and "Suffix" as end line must both be terminated by '\n' character.
	
    IP Converter
	
	* IPv6                  - lazy implementation for converting from IPv6 ;-)
	
    RegEx
	
	* descriptive text for meta characters sometimes wrong
		workaround: reload page
	
	
	
KNOWN GUI PROBLEMS
	
	Starting with EnDe version 0.1.69 this section is obsolete.
	It will no longer be updated.
	
	It's just here to show the known problems for historical reason and to
	help identify current ones.
	
    general
	
    Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.4
	* Permission denied to get property Element.childNodes
	                - bug in Firefox 3, see
			   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434522
	
	
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
    Mozilla (1.7.x, 2.x, 3.x) (all)
	* CSS           - does not support 'white-space:pre' hence empty lines
			  are missing in help page
	
	
    Mozilla (1.7.x, 2.x, 3.x) Windows
	* Unicode fullwidth   - does not display fullwidth characters
	
	
    Mozilla (1.7.x and older) Windows
	* nested window: [x] [?] - both buttons have wrong y position
	
	
    Mozilla (1.7.x and older) Linux/Unix
	* style sheet   - needs to use special style sheet "EnDe-m17.css"; can
			  be changed with browser's "View->Styles" menu
	-->
	
    Mozilla (1.7.x and older) Linux/Unix
	* nested function execution
	                - produces internal  JavaScript exception  (but works)
			  with characters <256
	* '%u00XX'      - not supported, returns internal error (Linux only)
	
	
    Opera (9.2x) Windows
	* replace map window    - generated table smashed [1]
	* help window           - some CSS settings not working [1]
	* [SELECT] menu         - highlight of (IP) fields does not work [1]
	* [SELECT] menu         - used  callback function for  'onClick=' does
				  not work with first click; workaround: click
				  on select arrow,  then click on selcted item
				  (considered an Opera bug)
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
	* style sheet           - requires special style sheet  "EnDe-m17.css"
	                          can be changed with browser's "View-Styles"
     fixed 0.1.58
	* help window           - generated content table placed wrong [1]
	* nested window: [x] [?] - both buttons have wrong y position -->
<!-- following obsolete since 0.1.34 
	* CSS does not work proper   - use 'Opera' in QUERY_STRING of URL
     following fixed somewhere 0.1.3x
-->
	
    Opera < 9.7x
	* esoteric button       - does not work proper because  'display:none'
				  attribute not supported by OPTGROUP
	* non printable characters
				- does not show  none-printable characters and
				  ignores all following characters
	* nested window: [Text] - does not work proper (probably an Opera bug)
	* test section          - some tests fail to insert their results into
				  DOM (bug "EnDeGUI.js", somewhere)
	
    Konqueror (3.5.x)
	* '?Konqueror'          - requires  'Konqueror' option in query-string
				  to workaround some Konqueror quirks
	* onClick               - 'onClick=' attribute not supported, needs to
				  use 'onChange= ';  but 'onChange='  does not
				  execute when selected again
	* [Text], [Hex] button  - style does not change [3]
	* layout                - layout is broken (size of SELECT menu), somehow,
				  because Konqueror uses strange font sizes
	* '?test'               - test result are not well sorted because Konqueror
				  has its own decission how to sort hashes
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
	* style sheet           - requires special style sheet  "EnDe-m17.css"
				  can be changed with browser's "View->Styles" -->
	
    Iceweasel (2.0.x.x)
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
	* CSS           - does not support 'white-space:pre' hence empty lines
			  are missing in help page
	-->
	
    Firefox (1.5.x, 2.0.x) Mac OS X
	
	* nested option         - does not overwrite  existing window elements
				  like scrollbars and buttons [4]
	* Euro sign             - '%20ac', '8364' not shown as Euro sign [4]
	* click in RegEx        - needs 2 clicks in Menu of RegEx tool
	
	
    Firefox (2.0.x) Extensions (all platforms)
	
	* FormFox               - the FormFox extension may overwrite some
				  'title=' attributes for form buttons
	
	
    Opera (9.62) Mac OS X
	
	* label                 - 'label=' attribute treated as 'title=' in SELECT OPTION [1]
<!-- fixed 0.1.69
	* OWASP-regex.xml       - does not work  -->
	
	
    Safari Mac OS X
	* SELECT OPTION 'title=' attribute     - does not show its value in some cases [2]
	* SELECT OPTION         - does not "deaktivate" selection after click [2]; workaround: use ANCHOR instead of SELECT in "EnDeMenu.js"
	* 'user' function       - function to use replace character map does not work (considered a Safari JavaScript bug)
	* decodeURI(), decodeURIComponent()    - fails with 'URIError' if string contains '%' followed by invalid hex characters [2]
	* HTML man page         - some LI tags are rendered (idented) wrong
	* [experimental] button - does not complete menus [2]
	* hover in IP menu      - does not work [2]
<!-- fixed 0.1.58
	* CSS                   - need to use special "EnDe-mac.css" file (for
				  more improvements grep for `ToDo: Safari' and
				  fix it:) workaround: use "EnDe-mac.html"
	* [-]  button           - does not shrink the fieldset [2]
	* BUTTON tag with 'disabled' attribute - does not work
	* XML                   - does not support load of XML files, hence all user functions and FEATURES may be missing 
	* SELECT OPTION         - requires double-click to use "aktive" selection again [2]
	* SELECT menu           - highlight of (IP) fields does not work [2] -->
<!-- fixed 0.1.57
	* HTML man page         - some texts are missing -->
	
	
    WebKit (3.1.x, 4.x) Mac OS X
	* label                 - 'label=' attribute treated as 'title=' in SELECT OPTION [5]
	* title                 - 'title=' attribute not supported in some SELECT OPTION menus
	* HTML man page         - some LI tags are rendered (idented) wrong
	* [experimental] button - does not complete menus [5]
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
	* CSS                   - needs to use special style sheet "EnDe-mac.css"
     fixed 0.1.60 (works on Windows)
	* XML                   - does not support load of XML files, hence all user functions and FEATURES may be missing 
	* hover in IP menu      - does not work [5]
     fixed 0.1.58
	* HTML man page         - some texts are missing -->
	
	
    Camino (1.5, 2.0) Mac OS X
	* '?Camino'             - need to use 'Camino' option in query-string to workaround Camino quirks
	* onClick               - 'onClick=' attribute not supported, needs to use onChange= ; onChange= does not execute when selected again
	* title                 - 'title=' attribute not supported in some SELECT OPTION menus
	* nested window: [x] [?] - both buttons have wrong x position
	* [trace] button        - called function does not work
	* [guess] button        - function (en-/decoding) does not work
	* [guess] button        - menu on [guess] button does not work
	* [Shuffle] button      - needs to be clicked twice to get it working
	* Beautify->JSDecode    - not working [6]
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
	* CSS                   - does not support 'white-space:pre' hence empty lines are missing in help page
	* [x] [?] button        - both buttons have wrong y position (probably OS X 10.4.x only)
<!-- fixed 0.1.63 (due to changed XMLHttpRequest() call)
	* XML                   - XML files are loaded, but menu action not called, hence menus not working [6] -->
	
	
    iCab (3.0.x) Mac OS X
	* packed .js            - iCab is terribly slow when .js files are packed
	* '?iCab'               - need to use 'iCab' option in query-string to workaround iCab quirks
	* title                 - 'title=' attribute not supported in some SELECT OPTION menus
<!--	* '?EnDe-mac.html'      - need to use "EnDe-mac.html" (seems to occour in 10.5.x again) -->
<!-- fixed 0.1.64
	* CSS                   - needs to use special style sheet "EnDe-cab.css"; can be changed with browser's "View->Web Styles" menu
     fixed 0.1.58
	* [-] button            - same as Safari, see above -->
	* [guess] button        - function (en-/decoding) does not work
	* [Shuffle] button      - does not work
	* various buttons       - some layout problems
	* XMLHttpRequest()      - does not work with local XML files, hence Features are not usable
	* XML                   - does not support load of XML files, hence all user functions and FEATURES are missing 
	
	
    iCab (< 4.7.x) Mac OS X
	* title                 - 'title=' attribute not supported in some SELECT OPTION menus
	
	
    OmniWeb (5.9.x) Mac OS X
	* title                 - 'title=' attribute not supported in some SELECT OPTION menus
	
	
    Shiira (2.2) Mac OS X
	* [guess] button        - function (decoding) does not work proper
<!-- fixed 0.1.58
	* [-] button            - same as Safari, see above
	* XMLHttpRequest()      - does not work with local XML files, hence Features are not usable
	* XML                   - does not support load of XML files, hence all user functions and FEATURES are missing  -->
	
	
    Safari (3.2.1) Windows
	* title                 - 'title=' attribute not supported in some SELECT OPTION menus
	* XML                   - does not support load of XML files, hence all user functions and FEATURES may be missing 
	
	
    Chrome (0.4.154.25) Windows
	* onChange              - onChange= attribute not supported properly, needs to select menu twice to trigger function
	* test section          - some tests fail to insert their results into
				  DOM (chrome bug or bug in "EnDeGUI.js", somewhere)
	* Unicode fullwidth     - does not display fullwidth characters
	* SELECT menu           - highlight of (IP) fields does not work [7]
	* esoteric button       - does not work proper because  'display:none'
				  attribute not supported by OPTGROUP [7]
	* help window           - bad generated HTML view
	* --various--           - may return: TypeError: Object function String() { [native code] } has no method 'toUpperCase'
	
    Character/String (general)
	
	* help text in menu     - some browsers cut off the end
	
    Character/String (Encoding)
	
	* String.toLowerCase    - not supported by Safari
	* String.toUpperCase    - not supported by Safari
	* UTF-8                 - sometimes buggy
	* Numbers               - does only work for values in the integer range 0 - 2^53 due to JavaScript limitations
	
    Character/String (Decoding)
	
	* force CP-1252         - not yet working proper
	* CP-1252               - not yet working proper
	* uudecode (hist)       - when decoding with uudecode (hist) but having other
	* Numbers               - does only work for values in the integer range 0 - 2^53 due to JavaScript limitations
	padding characters than '`', the reuslt may have some glubberisch
	at the end, obviously 'cause the wrong encoding was chosen :)
	* Prefix                - still buggy for some actions
	
    IP
	
	* Conversion from/to "64-bit" integer does only work for values in the range 0 - 2^53 due to JavaScript limitations.
	* If option ". dot as delimiter" is unchecked some IP conversions will fail with result NaN. Input and output delimiter needs to be distingushed.
	* Conversion from returns NaN (partial) if there're not at least 4 octets in the computed IP. use "incomplete dotted IP" option to prefix or suffix missing octets.
	
    Timestamp
	
	* Probably wrong with some TZ settings, needs to be verified ...
		  -- some error messages in guess()
	
    RegEx
	
	* Conversion from [parsed] to [Text]
		fails if there are spaces, tabs or newlines right after a '('
		character. These characters are lost then. This is a known bug and
		no fix is planed.
	
	
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Notes
	[1] considered an Opera bug
	[2] considered a Safari bug
	[3] considered a Konqueror bug
	[4] considered a Mac bug
	[5] considered a WebKit bug
	[6] considered a Camino bug
	[7] considered a Chrome bug


VERSION
	@(#) EnDe.bug.txt 3.2 <!-- 11/02/05 16:33:27 -->