Optinal arguments that aren’t really optional (or thank-you, again, FireFox)
Browsers! *mumble, grumble*
firefox
6 Jun 2011
The error: "uncaught exception: [Exception... "Not enough arguments" nsresult: "0x80570001 (NS_ERROR_XPC_NOT_ENOUGH_ARGS)" location: "JS frame"
The cause: Not providing the supposedly-optional-but-not-always-optional-for-every-browser-third-argument to the addEventListener method in JavaScript.
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