http://simonwillison.net/2008-03-26T08:28:05+00:00Simon Willison2008-03-26T08:28:05+00:002008-03-26T08:28:05+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Mar/26/john/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://ejohn.org/blog/getelementsbyclassname-pre-prototype-16/">getElementsByClassName pre Prototype 1.6</a></strong></p> Older releases of Prototype break in Firefox 3 and Safari 3.1 due to unsafe namespace management—getElementsByClassName is now a browser built-in but with different semantics to the Prototype method of the same name. Prototype 1.6 is fine. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firefox3">firefox3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/getelementsbyclassname">getelementsbyclassname</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/john-resig">john-resig</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/namespaces">namespaces</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/prototype-js">prototype-js</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/safari">safari</a></p>