285289 - Text size is unstable--usually (not always) reverting to tiny, almost unreadable size as pages change; sometimes the opposite--text is huge when page changes.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Brendan Sexton]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1

Default ("always use my fonts and colors") does not seem to hold.  Sometimes
yes, more often no.   Ithen readjust the size, but it may hold for a page change
or two, or not.  OR, if I enlarge the font (since the problem is usually too
small type), the next change may bring giant ! type size. I most frequently use
netidentity.com for my mail, and etrade for my finances, but this problem does
not seem to be specific to any particular url.  

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to a url
2.there it is.
even if I readjust font, even if i re-open tools, options, etc. and make sure it
says "always use my fonts" it does not change the problem
3.

Actual Results:  
usually the new page arrives with type so small that it gives me a headache
within a minute, so I readjust, but this adjustment evaporates if i go to a
different page.

Expected Results:  
use the fonts and sizes i specified in tools, options.  OR, ANY readable type,
and the same size every time.  unless and until changed by me.

my machine is a sharp, winows xp, usual boring ms software, nothing special.

Comment 1

[Felix Miata]

Reporter, your problem is quite poorly defined. Please see if one of the
following existing bugs adquately describes your problem or an existing
workaround that satisfies your needs, and report your findings here:

bug 66182, bug 65571, bug 32372, bug 96096, bug 108391, bug 218302

Comment 2

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

Reporter, please provide more clear description of the bug and more detailed
steps to reproduce. Also, please look at the bugs listed in comment 1 to see if
this is looks similar to any of them.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 5

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs,
filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change