207072 - msn.com - entertainment - Doesn't seem to use display property settings

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, enhancement)

Description

[Michael Strong]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

This is a hide/show link on the page using the SPAN tag. The method works with
the same code in IE and Opera but not Mozilla. I saved the code from an IE
version and tried IE, Opera and Mozilla. No go on Mozilla.
If you use this address from Mozilla the site sniffs Mozilla and just sends the
full text, visible for display. In IE and Opera you see a small sample until you
click a link when then displays full text. Afterward you can then also close the
full text (using a second link) back down to the sample text.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

The IE page uses the document.all object, which Opera also supports to some
extent. We don't (intentionally).

Not sure whether to mark this as a dupe of a request for document.all support,
or make it an evang bug, or leave it in layout for more investigation.

Comment 2

[Dan Backes]

Confirmed on 2003052504 winXP

Comment 3

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

MSIE also shows a nasty over the content flash ad for kill bill... i don't think
we are missing much here. This is pretty old and looks like pure evangelism to
me. -> TE

Comment 4

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

INCOMPLETE due to lack of activity since the end of 2009.

If someone is willing to investigate the issues raised in this bug to determine whether they still exist, *and* work with the site in question to fix any existing issues, please feel free to re-open and assign to yourself.

Sorry for the bugspam; filter on "NO MORE PRE-2010 TE BUGS" to remove.