MSIE5 compatibility workarounds (2)

prefs.js

@@ -276,6 +276,19 @@ function localPiggieFunction(enable) {
 
 function init() {
 
+	// IE kludge
+
+	if (xmlhttp && !xmlhttp_rpc) {
+		xmlhttp_rpc = xmlhttp;
+	}
+
+	if (!xmlhttp || !xmlhttp_rpc) {
+		document.getElementById("prefContent").innerHTML = 
+			"<b>Fatal error:</b> This program needs XmlHttpRequest " + 
+			"to function properly. Your browser doesn't seem to support it.";
+		return;
+	}
+
 	updateFeedList();
 	document.onkeydown = hotkey_handler;
 	notify("");

prefs.php

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	</td>
 </tr>
 </tr>
-	<td class="prefContent" valign="top" colspan="2">
+	<td id="prefContent" class="prefContent" valign="top" colspan="2">
 		<h2>Feed Configuration</h2>
 
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