113859 - Problems with links to TIFF documents when using TARGET attribute

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 153452

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Jason Summers]

Assuming a TIFF plug-in (such as QuickTime) is installed in Mozilla, links
directly to TIFF documents that include a TARGET attribute often don't work
correctly.

If the TARGET is "_blank" or a user-defined name, Mozilla opens a new blank
window, but then loads the plug-in into the *original* window.

If the TARGET is "_self", Mozilla loads the plug-in into the correct window, but
sometimes fails to send the TIFF document to the plug-in. It appears to send a
bunch of NUL bytes instead. Stranger, this problem does not seem to occur for
TIFFs with a small file size -- they work fine. I found the threshhold to be
around 9160 bytes, but I don't think it was 100% consistent.

"image/tiff" is the only document type I found that exhibits these problems.
Other types work correctly. I suspect this is somehow related to bug 88692, but
that one's been fixed.

Comment 1

[Karl Johan Kleist]

Which version of QuickTime are you using? (Start => Settings => Control Panel =>
QuickTime => About)

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Sounds like a possible chunked transfer problem....

Comment 3

[Jason Summers]

I'm using QuickTime 5.0.2, but I don't think it matters. I get exactly the same 
behavior with other image/tiff plug-ins. What may make a difference is whether 
the plug-in uses streaming vs "StreamAsFile" reads. The plug-ins I've tested 
probably use streaming.

Links without a target attribute apparently behave the same as "_self" (as they 
should) -- I don't know why I didn't recognize that before. I guess maybe this 
should be two separate bugs. But why does "image/tiff" need to be hardcoded into 
Mozilla at all?

Comment 4

[Jason Summers]

I've filed some new bugs to replace this one, and attempt to clarify the
situation: bug 153452, bug 153454, bug 153451


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 153452 ***

Comment 5

[shrirang khanzode]

mass duplicate verifications . For filtering purposes, pls use keywd
"massdupverification"