When using utility functions in Prototype library (e.g., F$), the element name must be surrounded by quotes. Firefox requires it to not include quotes, but IE does not.
This example does not work:
$F(sample); //DOES NOT WORK!!
This example does work:
$F(‘sample’); //DOES WORK!
This was tested with Firefox 3 and IE7 using Prototype 1.5.1.
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