Why does the coment section of tom's hardware never work

[DawnTreader]

everytime i try to put a comment on the site in relation to an article it has the message in the left of the status bar at the bottom, "javascript (0) void" and therefore the button doesnt work. i even went and installed java to see if that would help. i changed security settings. why doesnt this work?

 

[aford10]

It can be caused by a few different things. Check out the article here.
http://www.topbits.com/javascript-void-0.html

You may want to start by checking your browser settings, to make sure javascript is enabled.

 

[randomizer]

JavaScript, not Java. Too totally different and unrelated things In this case it's not an error, it's part of the functionality. As described on the linked page, it is useful when client-side processing is needed instead of simply reloading the page. In this case the comment needs to be uploaded to the server. Still, a simple <input type="submit" ....> would have been more browser cross-compatible than custom functions.

Oddly enough the forum uses something different for submitting posts.