267943 - Window disappears, but process still runs, when enter URL of a site that does not exist

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jay Eckles]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1

With multiple tabs open, if I create a new tab and enter the URL of a site that
does not exist, the Firefox window will disappear.  The process will still be
running and the program still shows as "Running" under Task Manager.  I have not
found a way to bring the application back to the foreground, so I always have to
"End Program" in Task Manager.  This last time I tried entering
http://www.icfai.edu (the correct URL is http://www.icfai.org).

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox
2. Open multiple tabs (usually three, usually Autozone.com in first, Yahoo! Mail
in second, Slashdot in third)
3. Create new fourth tab
4. Enter URL of a site that does not exist, such as http://www.icfai.edu

Actual Results:  
Firefox locks up, then window disappears.  Program is still running as shown
under Task Manager.  Have to force the program to end.

Expected Results:  
Give an error message to the effect of "Server not found."

Dell Precision 350, P4 2.4 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, Win XP Pro SP 1.  Broadband
connection, accessing web through password-protected corporate proxy server.

Comment 1

[Mark Barnes]

Attachment: I eventually hear the sound on timeout, but process is still there

I see this problem in Version 1.0 Preview.  As the initial report says, if you
try to open a page, but you close [X] the firefox window before the page loads,
the process NEVER goes away.  Eventually you hear the sound that firefox makes
when it times out, but the process never dies.	You can end up with a good
number of firefox processes this way, eating system resources, etc.!

Comment 2

[Mark Barnes]

Comment on attachment 165004 [details]
I eventually hear the sound on timeout, but process is still there

No comment

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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