221622 - Flickering text

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: GFX: Win32, defect)

Description

[vbarsan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2 to 1.4)

In the page at http://members.rogers.com/bazil/test.htm, the whole text starts 
flickering for no reason. If one tries a timer for the setTimeout, its alert 
window goes on without one's OK!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.http://members.rogers.com/bazil/test.htm
2.
3.




If one inserts a nothing to do but time consuming set of instructions right 
after(while) setTimeout - like: for(ii=0;ii<20000;ii++) ; - then they'll get 
less flickering.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

I don't actually see flickering on the testcase (I do see a bit on the "less
flickering" testcase linked off it) with a current linux trunk build...

Comment 2

[Oleg Sidletskiy]

text starts to flicker for me right after "Message TICKER displ" was typed, but
not before that.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7+ (aebrahim)

Comment 3

[vbarsan]

I've added one more screen shot to the testcase to be more conclusive. The 
flickering text appears with Mozilla 1.5 RC-2 too and I see in an earlier 
comment - #2 - it's on with Mozilla 1.6a also.

Comment 4

[vbarsan]

This Flickering Text bug is there as confirmed by Oleg Sidletskiy:
[e-mail], in their comment #2. Anybody who may open the testcase
link on Windows with MOZILLA 1.2 to 1.6a will see it clearly. I'm wondering why
the bug is still "UNCONFIRMED"!

Comment 5

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

Both test cases WFM on WinXP Moz 2003102104

Comment 6

[vbarsan]

While one moves the mouse quick enough anywhere on page from left to right or up
and down and vice versa, there appears to be less flickering or not at all for
the twinkler test (second one)! Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007.

Comment 7

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

WFM, 2003-10-31-05 trunk Linux

Comment 8

[vbarsan]

This flickering problem might be due to the unconsistency within the Trunk
versions in rendering contents of the grouping DIV/SPAN elements (on WINDOWS, of
course). 

Comment 9

[vbarsan]

Are there users of GECKO browsers on WINDOWS?! They should - Netscape 7.1 is a
very good one. Anyway this bug is yet unconfirmed - may be next year would bring
it about. I wish to people working on MOZILLA Project a wonderful Christmas, a
happy New Year and all the best in 2004. - vb

Comment 10

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

It worksforme on Linux, but I can reproduce it on Windows XP, 2004-08-06-07.

Comment 11

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

I can see the bug, using:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041010
But I can't see it anymore, using:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041012
Firefox/0.9.1+
I bet this is fixed by the fix for bug 238493

Comment 12

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Sorry, comment 11 is bogus.
I can still see the bug, using:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041017
Firefox/0.9.1+
Probably related to bug 170702.

Comment 13

[Ronald Tilby]

URL WFM using Mozilla Trunk Nightly 2004121004 on Windows XP.

Comment 14

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Hmm the url is gone, but it should be fixed by the fix for bug 244366. Marking
WORKSFORME.