270006 - Click on PDF Link - Browser freezes

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 253117

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Wendy Louise]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; sbcydsl 3.11; YComp 5.0.0.0; sbcydsl 3.12)
Build Identifier: Open PDF Link - Browser freezes

When I open a Hotmail e-mail and click on the .pdf link, the browser freezes.  
I know that it works in Explorer, as I have clicked that same link many times.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Which Browser and which Version Do you use ?
Do you use the acreobat plugin or do you use it as helper application ?
If you use the plugin, which Versaion Do you have installed (see
"about:plugins", type is as URL)

Comment 2

[jellena]

I see this behavior with:
Mozilla 1.7.1 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707

I use Adobe acrobat reader 5.0 as a helper application (In reply to comment #1)

Comment 3

[jellena]

Note:  The Mozilla Navigator freezes until the pdf has fully downloaded.  Then
Adobe Acrobat Reader becomes the active window.  After that, the Navigator again
is responsive.  

During the non-responsive time, all of the other Mozilla suite applications
(mail, calendar...) are responsive, but even if I use "Open (pdf) in a new
Window", none of the other navigator windows respond.

This bug is mostly a nuisance, but still, I find it very irritating.

Comment 4

[jellena]

(In reply to comment #3)
Oops!  The other Mozilla Suite apps don't respond either - at least not during
the whole download period.  

N.B: I notice similar freezing when I save the file to disk, without using the
helper application, so I can't use that technique as a workaround.

It seems to me that a long time ago, there were mozilla versions that did not
exhibit this delay.


> Note:  The Mozilla Navigator freezes until the pdf has fully downloaded.  Then
> Adobe Acrobat Reader becomes the active window.  After that, the Navigator again
> is responsive.  
> 
> During the non-responsive time, all of the other Mozilla suite applications
> (mail, calendar...) are responsive, but even if I use "Open (pdf) in a new
> Window", none of the other navigator windows respond.
> 
> This bug is mostly a nuisance, but still, I find it very irritating.

Comment 5

[François Gagné]

Should probably be marked as a duplicate of bug 253117

Comment 6

[Stephen L. Phillips]

I experience the identical problem on iMac G5/OS X 10.4.3 and G4/OS X 10.4.3... can't open OR save PDF attachments: Browser freezes and must be "forced-quit" to escape and continue...

Comment 7

[Andrew Schultz]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 253117 ***