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Why does this site open Wikipedia when I double-click?

• mikepurvis 6y ago
  Presumably because of the JavaScript implementing that behaviour in the footer, charmingly pasted in from one of those JavaScript library sites and even still including the original credit: <!-- Original: Nick Simonov (nicks@iln.net) --> <!-- Web Site: http://www.iln.net --> <!-- This script and many more are available free online at --> <!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->
  • thunderbong 6y ago
    Neither of those sites seem to be available though. The code below that comment is - var NS = (navigator.appName == "Netscape") ? 1 : 0; if (NS) document.captureEvents(Event.DBLCLICK); document.ondblclick = dict; var newwin; function dict() { if (NS) { t = document.getSelection(); opennewwin(t); } else { t = document.selection.createRange(); if(document.selection.type == 'Text' && t.text != '') { document.selection.empty(); opennewwin(t.text); } } } function opennewwin(text) { if (text > '') { newwin = window.open('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search='+text, 's&go=Go'); setTimeout('newwin.focus()', 100); } }
    • mikepurvis 6y ago
      Well yes, I assumed that anyone interested in the actual implementation could go view-source it for themselves. Obviously this was cut-and-pasted into this website's generic footer many, many moons ago, and the fact that it remains long after the original source is gone is part of the charm.