58829 - When browsing through 'more information' browser locks up

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P3)

Description

[Tom Everingham]

Overview Description:  When selecting 'security center' link from Help dialog 
browser hangs.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.)  under preferences - Advanced - cookies click on 'More Information'
2.)  You will get to the 'Netscape 6 help' screen - select 'privacy on the 
internet' under help topics
3.)  Select 'Security Center'

Actual Results:  Browser locks up and cannot be used

Build Date & Platform Bug Found:  Mac os9 10/30 build

Additional Builds and Platforms Tested On:
also fails on Mac os8.5, works on linux and winNT

Comment 1

[Tom Everingham]

this is basically a crash

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

modal dialog issue.

when i tried this, the browser window that resulted only allowed focus in the
URL location field [odd and annoying], even after clicking the in content area.

however, i'm still able to close the More Info dialog, then close the prefs to
bring back focus to the browser window.

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

This is actually bug 52372, but we'll keep this open for the trunk since I'm 
gonna close that bug with a temporary fix (hide the button on mac) for the 
branch.

Comment 4

[don]

ok, i'll re-assing this trunk bug to danm (unless you want it blake) 'cause he's
the only one who can fix this the right way.

Comment 5

[Dan M]

Unless I'm dense, the steps to reproduce can't be done any more: the Cookies More 
Information window brings up a special help window containing no more links. So 
this bug has been worked around. However, the underlying cause has also been 
fixed (by the fix for bug 56677), so this shouldn't be a problem any more.

Comment 6

[Stephen P. Morse]

No, you're not dense -- just using the wrong browser.  The help windows are 
different in the mozilla version and the commercial version.  The commercial 
version is the one that has the links.

So you should probably test it out using a commercial build before closing this 
out.

Comment 7

[Dan M]

Silly me. But, as predicted, the Netscape build builds a stack of modal windows 
now, and though that's gross, at least there's no problem with the browser 
locking up. Verified with the 2000-11-09-08-Mtrunk build.

Comment 8

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy fixed on mac os 9.0 using 2000.11.13.08 opt comm trunk bits.