243082 - JS causes infinite reload loop

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 235871

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[miscsales]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040421
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040421

Numerous web sites (URL sited, as well as numerous washingtonpost.com articles
and the main website @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/) are causing Mozilla's JS
engine to reload the page in an infinite loop in an extremely rapid manner. Only
able to stop reload by hitting stop repeatedly, leaving little of the original
page in the browser window. Turning off javascript seems to temporary solve the
problem.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Just visiting the pages causes the problem.

Actual Results:  
Automatic Reload occurs, cannot pause loop execution unless I turn off javascript

Expected Results:  
Load page once, execute timed refresh when necessary.

I have a specialized HOSTS file to block ads.
I had installed tabextension so I can block javascript execution on an
individual tab basis, but uninstalling it does not contribute to the resolution
of the problem.

Comment 1

[miscsales]

*** Bug 243083 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Related to washingtonpost.com: Bug 121716, Bug 235871

Comment 3

[Mike Holderness]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 (Modern
theme, tabbed browsing)

Just in case that helps set a backstop on poss. regression(s)...

Comment 4

[R.K.Aa.]

Reporter: Which theme are you using?

Comment 5

[miscsales]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Reporter: Which theme are you using?

Orbit 3+1.. as per bug 235871. Changing to classic theme worked. Thanks!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 235871 ***

Comment 6

[Alex Hirzel]

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