This was reported on [[WP:VPT]][1]:
Special characters is still not working with Vector XP IE8 - it just runs the loading symbol (lines round a ring) - left it running for 30 minutes - no change.
I confirmed this bug by opening the attached URL and clicking in the "Special characteres". IE 8 displayed the following error information:
Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)
Timestamp: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:34:04 UTC
Message: Object expected
Line: 560
Char: 10
Code: 0
URI: https://bits.wikimedia.org/w/extensions-1.18/WikiEditor/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.toolbar.js
The line 560 is part of the function buildCharacter and contains this:
} else if ( 0 in character && 1 in character ) {
The problem doesn't happens on Google Chrome 14.0.835.186 / Ubuntu 11.04.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit&oldid=455397057&debug=1