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Sorry for being dense, or maybe there are pop ups that I'm not seeing? I'm missing how is this "interactive". Sorry

duxup 8y ago
https://selectstarsql.com/frontmatter.html https://selectstarsql.com/frontmatter.html Scroll down to Dataset. After "I’ve prepared for this book:" There is a little interactive code editor you can type in and run the query.
- guu 8y ago
  I was confused too. It appears the page does not work on Firefox. I get a "customElements is not defined" error in the console in Firefox and none of the interactive sections render. The page works fine on Chrome.
  - duxup 8y ago
    Yeah I wondered if it was something like that.
  - ddgflorida 8y ago
    Doesn't work on Chrome for me - Version 67.0.3
zckao 8y ago
Slightly embarrassing -- but the problem may be that the site isn't compatible with FireFox (at least pre-v63 FireFox). The site makes use of custom HTML elements which are not supported by default in pre-v63 FireFox (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Using_custom_elements https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/...). The good news is that all you need to do is to turn on a flag as set forth in the link provided. The bad news is that many other less tech-savvy people are going to be stymied by this. edit: the site will now warn you if your browser is incompatible.
- zeusly 8y ago
  Also not working on Edge.
- blencdr 8y ago
  It's 2018 and we're back in 1998 where website proudly showed "Optimized for Internet Explorer".
  - favadi 8y ago
    In 1998 sites might looks bad but at least user can still read the content. In 2018, some sites just refuses to work for anything but Google Chrome.
    - jrockway 8y ago
      In 1998 you had to be running Windows. Now you can run any OS, even if the browser you have to use for a certain site isn't your favorite. It's an improvement. People have always wanted to use "the web" as an application platform. It didn't work that well in 1998, but it's pretty good now. Progress has been made.
  - netcraft 8y ago
    The difference is these are standard features, albeit ones that are just coming out.

https://selectstarsql.com/frontmatter.html https://selectstarsql.com/frontmatter.html Scroll down to Dataset. After "I’ve prepared for this book:" There is a little interactive code editor you can type in and run the query.

guu 8y ago
I was confused too. It appears the page does not work on Firefox. I get a "customElements is not defined" error in the console in Firefox and none of the interactive sections render. The page works fine on Chrome.
- duxup 8y ago
  Yeah I wondered if it was something like that.
- ddgflorida 8y ago
  Doesn't work on Chrome for me - Version 67.0.3

zckao 8y ago

Slightly embarrassing -- but the problem may be that the site isn't compatible with FireFox (at least pre-v63 FireFox). The site makes use of custom HTML elements which are not supported by default in pre-v63 FireFox (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Using_custom_elements https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/...). The good news is that all you need to do is to turn on a flag as set forth in the link provided. The bad news is that many other less tech-savvy people are going to be stymied by this. edit: the site will now warn you if your browser is incompatible.

zeusly 8y ago
Also not working on Edge.
blencdr 8y ago
It's 2018 and we're back in 1998 where website proudly showed "Optimized for Internet Explorer".
- favadi 8y ago
  In 1998 sites might looks bad but at least user can still read the content. In 2018, some sites just refuses to work for anything but Google Chrome.
  - jrockway 8y ago
    In 1998 you had to be running Windows. Now you can run any OS, even if the browser you have to use for a certain site isn't your favorite. It's an improvement. People have always wanted to use "the web" as an application platform. It didn't work that well in 1998, but it's pretty good now. Progress has been made.
- netcraft 8y ago
  The difference is these are standard features, albeit ones that are just coming out.