153463 - Some words are displayed "on top" of each other (see attachment)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 148399

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Ken Beal]

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

I've seen this several times recently, so I'm fairly certain this is a
regression and not an old bug.  I upgraded to 1.1a recently, but I'm not sure if
this started happening before or after the upgrade.  (I was on 1.0final prior to
the upgrade.)

See the attachment.  Sometimes words are written on top of other words.  I do
not know what causes this.  I am willing to help in debugging this, just give me
direction.

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load slashdot.org.
2. Scroll down, looking for words on top of other words.

Comment 1

[Ken Beal]

Attachment: Piece of browser which has words displayed on top of each other.

I cut this image from the browser window, in order to keep the image size
smaller.  The page viewed was http://www.slashdot.org.

Comment 2

[alanjstr]

Duplicate of a duplicate of a duplicate of a duplicate of a duplicate.  I think
this is the most frequently submitted bug.  I've even done one.  This is the
second time I've seen it on Slashdot.  

See bug 148399 which is FIXED

Comment 3

[Ken Beal]

Please note that I did not resize at all when this display problem surfaced.

I read bug 148399 and that appears to be about resizing.  My observation
happened while simply loading the page.  (I'm not saying you're wrong, just
clarifying what I saw.)

Comment 4

[gavin long]

I'm absolutely sure this is a duplicate of bug 148399 - I saw it a lot on
slashdot on builds up to 20020613, but I don't see it on 20020617.

The overprinting is triggered when a link over-runs the end of a line, which may
happen because of a horizontal resize, or it my happen when you first load the page.

Ken, can you please try with a build from 20020615 or later, and re-open this if
you still see the problem.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 148399 ***

Comment 5

[Ken Beal]

[e-mail]: Okay, I just updated my system to build 2002062208, and
resizing Slashdot doesn't display the overwritten text.  (Resizing wasn't what
caused it, for me; it was simply loading the page, but from your note it appears
it could happen either loading or resizing.)

So I guess keep this bug closed.  I'll keep an eye on it, and if it recurs I'll
reopen this bug.  Cheers!