267457 - {inc} Random (and incorrect) rendering on some webpages

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 246669

(Core :: Layout: Tables, defect)

Description

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041026 Firefox/1.0RC1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041026 Firefox/1.0RC1

When loading the linked page (http://fabul.dk), the layout seems to be random,
meaning, if one reloads it several times, one gets different results, even
though the data fed to the browser is identical. Additionally, the page is
displayed wrongly, with the letters layed out below instead of behind each other
(I don't know if what Mozilla/FireFox does not is also acceptable, but the
random rendering seems very indicative of a bug).

I use FireFox 1.0RC1

IE6 does not suffer from this problem.

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://fabul.dk
2. Load page
3. Reload page

Actual Results:  
Letters are layed out vertically, sometimes in two columns, sometimes in 1
column, even though nothing changes.

Expected Results:  
Latters should be layed out horizontally so one can read the words :)

The linked page does not validate, but if one fixes that the bug is still the same.

Comment 1

[Jens Rex]

*** Bug 267456 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Jens Rex]

Attachment: Example of incorrect rendering.

Comment 3

[Jens Rex]

Attachment: Example of correct rendering.

Comment 4

[Jens Rex]

Page is updated to valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional, thus changing layout a little,
but the issue is still present. Reproduced on latest trunk.

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This needs a minimal testcase

Comment 6

[Erik Fabert]

Attachment: quick & dirty testcase

Looks like a dupe of bug 246669.

Comment 7

[Bernd]

yep that looks identical

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 246669 ***