Closed
Bug 122389
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
espn.go.com - Major layout problems @ ESPN
Categories
(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
Nov
People
(Reporter: mozillabugs, Unassigned)
References
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Details
(Keywords: top100)
Attachments
(2 files)
I need some evangelist help to fix up ESPN's pages. The layout is disrupted to the point of non-readability. I've contacted them numerous times, and they've replied with "we are fixing it" numerous times. The homepage (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/index) displays fine, but the indivisual team pages are where problems arise.
Comment 2•22 years ago
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*** Bug 139931 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3•22 years ago
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This is not a browser issue, it is indeed a site issue, the javascript on the page loads different style sheets (http://espn.go.com/insertfiles/css/mlb/font_nn.css for netscape and http://espn.go.com/insertfiles/css/mlb/font_ei.css for IE)... if you load the page with the IE stylesheet it looks normal and there is less overlap, I used mlb as an example (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/index) but it applies to most espn.com pages. Nothing can be done until they fix their site for Mozilla/Netscape6+
Comment 4•22 years ago
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Interestingly, I see this issue on my Win2k machine at work, for all versions > 0.9.8. My home Win2k machine doesn't have this issue. Is there some setting to force a stylesheet, or perhaps a java version issue?
Comment 5•22 years ago
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See also http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146860
Comment 6•22 years ago
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I suggest that some or all of the following bugs are marked as dupes of this one: 146860 espn.com - solution (browser detection...) 149068 Bad text layout on espn 140567 espn.com - changing visibility doesn't work 136187 espn.com: Rendering issue 130076 Mail freezes when displaying message from ESPN 99161 go.com - Table Layout Shown Incorrectly at ESPN Message B... 152034 Layout of ESPN Soccer page is not good - lines are overla... 154023 Crash when voting on espn.go.com [@ nsPluginInstanceOwner...
*** Bug 132587 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8•22 years ago
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doesn't appear to be in "The Americas" component. I am dealing with ESPN today, so will reassign.
Assignee: momoi → susiew
Component: The Americas → US General
QA Contact: jonrubin → zach
Comment 10•22 years ago
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These issues are all related however I wish to point to the individual bugs when I contact them. Please do not dupe.
Summary: Major layout problems @ ESPN → espn.go.com - Major layout problems @ ESPN
Comment 11•22 years ago
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*** Bug 168341 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12•22 years ago
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*** Bug 171249 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13•21 years ago
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My problem isn't really on the MLB page, but the main page that opens when you visit espn.com. My layout problems occur because of the new advertisement style that espn is incorporating. The ad on the top frame is initially a large flash image, and it gradually decreases after 5 seconds or so that the page is open. When this decrease occurs, the site is impossible to navigate.
Comment 14•21 years ago
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Yes, i agree that the new espn.com homepage is a major major problem. I do have a temporary workaround: Install <a href="javascript:(function(){var d=document; function K(N,t) { var b = d.createElement(%22div%22); b.style.width=N.width; b.style.height=N.height; b.innerHTML=%22<del>%22 + t + %22</del>%22; N.parentNode.replaceChild(b,N); } function Z(t) { var T = d.getElementsByTagName(t), i; for (i=T.length-1;i+1;--i) K(T[i],t); } Z(%22object%22); Z(%22embed%22); Z(%22applet%22); Z(%22iframe%22);})();">this bookmarklet</a> and click it AFTER the stupid ESPN applet has settled down.
Comment 15•21 years ago
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What issues are you seeing on the ESPN page which prevent it from being usable? It works for me in a 2003 05 09 08 win2k build. Although they have an IE5+/Flash only ESPNMotion thing.
Comment 16•21 years ago
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When ESPN.com's main page loads, i have a few seconds to click something and have it work. As soon as the embedded ad at the top of the page "bounces", no mouse clicks work inside the page anymore. The only way i can interact with the document is to use the bookmarklet i posted (sorry i put those HTML tags around it) -- it removes anything within <embed> tags on a page. I'm using an April 28 build under Linux.
Comment 17•21 years ago
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Mike, that is probably a product bug under Linux. Can you file a bug on that and cc me?
Comment 18•21 years ago
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I am having the same problem as Mike and I am using Windows XP. With Mike's help, I have used the bookmarklet to disable the embedded flash in the espn.com main page. I am using the latest stable release, build 20030425.
Comment 19•21 years ago
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It's not Linux specific - I have the same problem on Win2k, Mozilla 1.4b (2003050714). It happens every time they do the moving ad at the top.
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Comment 20•21 years ago
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Please see the original description for the original problem as described. I reported this over a year ago and it's still broken. The problem is with the individual team pages (eg: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los), not the home page or any new banner ads, and if these new banner ads are causing problems, perhaps they need a seperate evang bug filed.
Comment 21•21 years ago
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The problem of the links on the ESPN homepage not functioning after the annoying FLASH animation bounces away can also be solved by resizing the window, even by the smallest amount This works on Win2k. While this problem is also evident on Linux, I have not tried the resizing solution on Linux. Another symptom of the problem is that after the page stops functioning, you can't move the window by left-clicking the titlebar. However, after a resize, all functionality is restored.
Comment 22•21 years ago
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They seem to have fixed it for Mozilla
Comment 23•21 years ago
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As of May 22, using Firebird on Linux (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6) the problem still exists with the moving add on espn front page.
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Comment 24•21 years ago
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PLEASE READ the original Description! This bug is not about problems with the moving add on the ESPN frontpage.
Comment 25•21 years ago
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It is my fault for bringing the moving "AD" issue to this bug. I have created a new bug that directly deals with this issue. Bug ID is 206760 so I'd appreciate if all of you with the moving ad lockup to leave comments on 206760.
Comment 26•21 years ago
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tech evang june 2003 reorg
Assignee: bc → english-us
QA Contact: zach → english-us
Comment 27•21 years ago
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I was previously using the build from June 17, 2003 under Windows XP and espn.com rendered perfectly. I upgraded to 1.4RC2 and now it looks ugly again. I read here where it is the site's fault and I can understand that, but it worked for a couple of days and now doesn't work again so I'm a bit skeptical of that being the only thing wrong. I had major problems tonight with just the main http://espn.go.com/main.html URL. But I'm pretty sure it rendered fine in the previous nightly build just before I went to 1.4RC2.
Comment 28•21 years ago
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Re: comment 27, espn.com's main page was FUBAR last night in nightly builds as well as 1.4RC2.
Comment 29•21 years ago
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Sections of espn pages overlap or they are truncated.
Comment 30•21 years ago
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reported issue by http://dynamic.espn.go.com/espn/bugs?url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → Nov
Comment 31•21 years ago
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I've read through a number of the "espn" related bugs. However, what no one has mentioned in that Moz 1.4.x renders the ESPN Homepage http://espn.go.com (almost) correctly. It is readable. However, 1.5 and 1.6a do not render the page in any readable format. In fact, major sections of content are not loaded. I've tried changing the User Agent string to simulate different browsers but the behavior with 1.5 and 1.6 does not change. Correct me if I'm wrong, but, how can this be an ESPN issue when the behavior is not consistent with different Moz versions?
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Comment 32•21 years ago
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Well, if you'd read the original description of the bug, the problem is not with the HOMEPAGE, it displays fine. The problem is with deeper pages, for example, NHL team pages: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los They are completely borked, sometimes completely unreadable (Text flowing underneath images, etc).
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Comment 33•21 years ago
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I've attached a screencap showing Mozilla 1.7a's rendering of http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los right alongsize IE6.0's rendering of the same page. ESPN is huge, and this is a highly visible (and embarassing) display problem that ESPN doesn't seem to want to fix. Gives Moz a bad name.
Comment 34•20 years ago
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Adding to comment 33, the problem is the javascript. If you turned off javascript, or switched to the "clubhouse" stylesheet, then the page looks similar to the IE picture (though some link colors on certain club pages may be harder to read.)
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Comment 35•20 years ago
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Can someone hit up ESPN to have this fixed before the 1.7/0.9 blitz? It's gotten worse, pages are unreadable, this top100 will make Mozilla look bad to any potential converts.
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Comment 36•20 years ago
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This appears fixed in Firefox 0.9.1 Can someone confirm on the branch?
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Comment 37•20 years ago
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WFM on branch too -> Fixed.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Updated•9 years ago
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Product: Tech Evangelism → Tech Evangelism Graveyard
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