A small snippet of JavaScript can be included inline following an HTML form to set focus on a specific form field. This has never worked right in Safari.

Initially I assumed I must have done something wrong, but after a lot of testing, I’m convinced this is a bug in Safari/WebCore/JavaScriptCore.

I put up a set of tests to demonstrate the problem: Safari Inline Script Bug.

The referer spam page I posted on August 9th was the first time I’d worked with this site’s template in a very long time. It might be the last time too. These pages were originally built with DreamWeaver, which I no longer use. Resulting from that, the code is a disaster. Sure it works and mostly validates, but maintenance is difficult and the whole thing is lacking in technical elegance. For the time being, I will probably be posting new pages in a stripped down basic semantic structure.