Closed Bug 223441 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Mozilla Firebird builds 0.6+ to 0.7+ lockup when opening Ecommercetimes link in tab

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 218512

People

(Reporter: fehe, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031021 Firebird/0.7+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031021 Firebird/0.7+

If you open any of the "TOP STORIES" links, at Ecommerce Times, in a tab - either by middle-clicing the mouse, CTRL + left mouse-clicking, or right-clicking and selecting "Open link in new tab", Firebird locks up solid (about 98 % of the time) and never recovers.  The only way to end the app' is through Task Manager.  If you don't end Firebird quick enough, after this lock-up happens, and try performing other operations in Windows, Windows eventuall becomes extremely sluggish and unresponsive, requiring a hard reboot.  Note: this lockup also occurs if you drag and drop the link onto the tab bar, to launch it in a new tab.  So far, I have experienced this bug only on ecommercetimes.com and technewsworld.com.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://www.ecommercetimes.com
2. Launch any of the story links (under "TOP STORIES" on the left) in a new tab.
3. Watch how she locks up after a few seconds of attempting to load the page!

Actual Results:  
Locks up the browser cold.

Expected Results:  
I should have rendered and displayed the page per normal browser behavior.

Bug experienced only on Ecommercetimes.com and Technewsworld.com.  Obviously, Firebird has problems rendering their content.

System:
Windows 2000 Server + SP4
Intel Celeron 700 MHz
512 MB RAM
MS Internet Explorer 6.0
Just discovered that simply clicking a link to an Ecommercetimes.com or Technewsworld.com article will also send Firebird packing.  For instance, if you are currently connected using Firebird builds 0.6+ to 0.7+, click here: http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/31932.html

and watch Firebird die.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 218512 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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