275352 - cannot connect to internet if other applications are using firefox window

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Rick]

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

I was offline and using the "acehtml" program to work on my webpages - acehtml
allows you to use your browser window to view your work - if I'm viewing my
webpage in a firefox window and I click my quick launch firefox button to open
another firefox window to connect to the internet to look for something - the
new window cannot go online - it searches for the startup page on the internet
and then times out - it will not connect - I have to close all other firefox
browser windows that I was using and had open prior to going online - then
reclick the quick launch firefox button to open another browser window again and
then firefox connects to the internet no problem - when I was using internet
explorer prior to moving to firefox, I could use an IE window to view my files
while using acehtml and then go online without having to closer other instances
of IE - the going online issues also arises if another application uses a
firefox window to display its help files in and then you decide to go online -
you need to close the help window in order for you new window to connect.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open acehtml - open saved html file - click icon "start external browser" -
html file is viewed in firefox browser window that opens (I usually have 3 or 4
windows open at the same time in order to view 3 or 4 different html files to
compare how code changes look in one version versus other html files)
2.while doing this I find I need to do some research say concerning a way to do
something in CSS - I click on the quick launch firefox icon to open up another
firefox window
3.firefox opens a browser window but it cannot connect to the internet - it
searches for the startup homepage but cannot find it - the browser window times out.
4. I need to save all my work in acehtml - close all firefox windows that I had
opened, the restart firefox and it connects to the internet with no problem

Actual Results:  
firefox did not connect if other firefox windows were open prior to going online

Expected Results:  
new firefox windows appear to be dependent on other firefox windows that are
open - but you should be able to open windows independent of each other - as in
Internet Explorer

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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