151712 - Creating a new tab stops loading in a first window.

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[dylang]

In a vanilla Mozilla window (such as one provided by 2002061304), load some site
from a bookmark.  Hit ctrl+t, then load a new bookmark link in a new tab. 
Notice that the first tab is now "dead" with no load and no filled in URL.

Occurs in 2002061304 and occured in earlier June nightlies just before the 1.0
bru-haha.

Comment 1

[dylang]

Repeatable in 2002061408.

Comment 2

[Paul Bergsagel]

I don't see this on Mac OS X.

Comment 3

[Michael Lefevre]

think this is a dupe, but can't find one. anyway, WFM with trunk 2002080404 win2k.

reporter (dylang): can you reproduce this bug with a recent build of mozilla
(for example, 1.1beta)? if so, please comment again with details. if not, please
resolve this bug as WORKSFORME (unless someone can find the dupe). thanks.

Comment 4

[dylang]

Looks like this behaviour went away since I reported it.

2002080108 tested fixed, although that might also be because everything loaded
quickly :)

One minor nit: the loading swirl in the first tab is not updating correctly,
even though the content does show.  This might be the delay between the transfer
being complete and the rendering pass being complete, though.

Comment 5

[Michael Lefevre]

cool, thanks dylan.  although you should've resolved this as WORKSFORME rather
than fixed, seeing as we didn't actually fix it here...

Comment 6

[Michael Lefevre]

WFM per comment 4

Comment 7

[dylang]

Sorry to say, I just reproduced this behaviour.

I pasted (middle click) a URL into Mozilla to load.  The throbber started.
Then I hit ctrl+t, and clicked my personal toolbar Google link.
Lo and behold, the throbber for the 1st had stopped -- an so had the load. 
"about:blank" was all that was in the URL bar --  "(untitled)" was the page name.

Also os 2002080108.

It might be an X11-only issue.  Could you verify on a slow connection that the
Windows one AlwaysWorks(TM)?

Comment 8

[Michael Lefevre]

don't really have a connection any slower than the one i'm using (64k ISDN), but
I've can have a page loading, open a new tab and load something into the new tab
while the first tab is loading... that is to say, this WFM.

Comment 9

[dylang]

Ok, I think I figured it out.
Creating new tabs stops the animation, and it also blocks the load until all
created tabs have loaded to completion.

IE: IF I create a new window, and I load, then create a new tab, and load, the
first tab won't even load until the second one completes.

:-/  So this bug isn't about a dead stop, but a blocking delay caused by
multiple tabs (especially bookmarked tabs) which can make it *seem* like the
first one isn't loading.

Comment 10

[Michael Lefevre]

reporter: can you still reproduce this bug with a recent build of mozilla (for
example, 1.2)? if so, please comment again with details. if not, please resolve
this bug as WORKSFORME. thanks.

Comment 11

[Michael Lefevre]

no response from reporter for >30 days. resolving WORKSFORME.

reporter: if you can reproduce this with a recent build of mozilla, please
reopen this bug and give details. thanks.

Comment 12

[dylang]

Yea, can't reproduce in 2002122608.