Firebug JS warning to jQuery 1.4.2 “The 'charCode' property of a keyup event should not be used. The value is meaningless.” To ignore it?

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Firebug 1.5.4 JavaScript warning : The \'charCode\' property of akeyupevent should not be used. The value is meaningless. To ignore it? Is ther

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This is a very common error message that comes out of mozilla code. The message comes out for every keystroke and it can lead to performance problems if you have the error console open. I've complained to mozilla about this and similar messages to no effect. jjb