269165 - Tinderbox log links do not work if you use userContent.css to block ads

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Webtools Graveyard :: Tinderbox, defect)

Description

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

If you use the method suggested at
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock.html to block advertisements, the
the "L" links to show the logs from tinderbox builds are non-fuctional.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install the userContent.css file from
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock.html into your Firefox profile
chrome folder.
2.  launch Firefox
3.  Visit the page http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=SeaMonkey
4.  Click on the "L" link coresponding to any of the builds.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Opened the box witht the log file choices

The issue is that the suggested userConetent.css file blocks div elements with
the string "popup" in their name.  Obviously I could alter the userContent.css
file to workaround this issue, but ad blocking by this type of rule is becoming
more widespread in usage.  Since tinderbox.mozilla.org is a Mozilla server and
the adblock tip is on a Mozilla.org website, one would think that something
should be done so that the tip at least does not break mozilla.org websites.

The fix is trivial, just change the element name in the tinderbox page from
"popup" to something else.  I saved the page and verified it still did not work
on the saved page, then edited the saved page to change the name from "popup" to
"tinderpop" and then the "L" links became functional again.

Comment 1

[cls]

There are more reasonable methods of blocking ads than the heavy handed solution of disabling divs with 'popup' in the name.  tinderbox isn't the only site that has non-ad popups.  If mozilla.org is distributing a broken userContent.css then they should fix it or make the consequences of using it very clear (like missing functionality on some websites).