229607 - Popup Blocking Linux-XP Handling Discrepancy

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: Security, defect)

Description

[Bryan Batten]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

With "Block unrequested popup windows" checked in Mozilla 1.5 for XP, I can go
to the indicated URL, click on the picture titled "Ellen and team fitting the
mast", and get a popup window showing an enlarged version of the picture - which
is what I expect, since, by clicking on the picture, I claim i've (implicitly)
requested the popup.

With Mozilla 1.5 for Linux, however, I have to unclick "Block unrequested popup
windows" in order for the enlarged version to appear in a popup. Here is my
Linux environment:

Browser Mozilla 1.5
Kernel Linux 2.4.23
X Server XFree86 4.1.0-16woody1 (Debian)
Window Manager fvwm 2.4.6-2 (Debian)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Using Linux version, go to Edit->Preferences->Provacy & Security->Popup
Windows and check "Block unrequested popup windows".
2. Go to the indicated URL and click on the picture "Ellen and team fitting the
mast.
3. Observe non- appearance of popup.
4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 under Windows version.
5. Observe that popup does appear.

Actual Results:  
Under Linux, the popup does not appear. Under XP it does appear.

Expected Results:  
Under Linux, Mozilla should have shown the window.

Linux configuration:

Browser Mozilla 1.5
Kernel Linux 2.4.23
X Server XFree86 4.1.0-16woody1 (Debian)
Window Manager fvwm 2.4.6-2 (Debian)

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

On linux, are you clicking before the page is done loading?  Popup blocking is
in cross-platform code, so there should be no platform descrepancies there.

Comment 2

[Jesiah S]

WFM LInux 2004011308. This should be moved to OS->Linux 

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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