152458 - status bar messages are shown when tab that generates them is not selected

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 104532

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[rjbogue]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611
BuildID:    2002061104

http://mp3downloadcentral.com/goto.htm has an annoying JS function that scrolls
an ad in the window.status field.  If I go to a different tab, the ad keeps
scrolling across the bottom.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to http://mp3downloadcentral.com/goto.htm
2.Open a new tab
3.

Actual Results:  The advertisement generated by the javascript on the first tab
shows up when the second tab is selected.

Expected Results:  The status bar should not be accessible to a tab that is not
currently on top.

Comment 1

[Daniel Wang]

duplicate bug 104532

Comment 2

[Mauricio Collares [:collares]]

That's right

Dupe of bug 104532, please reopen if you disagree.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 104532 ***

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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