[removed]() is not firing with IE 8 in first shot

Question

I am trying to make my pages work correctly with IE 8, I found out from here: http://www.masykur.web.id/post/How-to-Make-Our-Website-to-be-Ready-for-IE8.aspx that, my page h

Answer 1

I know this is kinda old question, but I just faced the same thing.

 window.onload=function() { alert('hello');};

is treated differently than

 window.onload= new function() { alert('hello');};

The keyword here is new.

My JS was terminating whenever it reaches (onload=) part until I added the word'new' before 'function'. Even though it worked fine without 'new' in my localhost, but once I put it online, it doesn't work until I add 'new'.