255241 - charset inhertited from previous window where meta-tag is missing, using wrong font family/size

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[logan]

Pages missing the <meta ... charset=...> bit seem to inherit the value from the
previous page to a new window and the page is displayed with the wrong font
family and size.

The only way I can reproduce this is by going to some page which specifies a
charset, say asahi.com or suprnova.org, then ^N (new-window) and entering
another url like imdb (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/). Left-clicking
links, or opening links in a new tab seem ok. I'll attach a testcase and a
screenshot to try and better demonstrate.

This affects Mozilla 1.7.2 (gtk1) and Firefox 0.9+ (gtk2) on linux. No problems
on the Windows machine at work. I've had a few people on irc confirm this, but
someone else tell me he had no problems. Nothing special here for font
configuration, created a new profile for testing.

I see bugs 107889, 111217, and 219264, but they deal with frames or tabs, but
may be related. See also bug 246137, which I filed (and later closed), but is
still related.

Comment 1

[logan]

Attachment: testcase

html from the URL

Comment 2

[logan]

Attachment: screenshot

Comment 3

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

See the latest comments in bug 158285.

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

IMO a duplicate of bug 158285.

Comment 5

[OstGote!]

duplicate of bug 158285 or bug 227631

steps from bug 227631 comment 11 still show the problem

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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