290248 - Amazon book pages formatted differently

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Ray Trent]

Amazon seems to have changed their page layout in a way that negatively impacts
Firefox. I don't have any way of knowing whether its a FF bug or an Amazon one,
but since it displays correctly in IE it's at least a quirky behavior.

I've tried this with both an older (~20050305) version and the latest nightly
(20050413). I'm almost certain the older one used to show Amazon correctly,
which is why I think it's something they've changed.

The old "correct" layout as still seen in IE has a small book cover picture
inline below the title, and the "add to cart" button is on the right edge. Also,
the text flow went all the way to the right. Also, the separator lines were
continuous and now seem to be dashes.

I can't at this time discount the possibility that I've florked up my settings,
so I'll try to repro at home and post a comment if it's different there.

Comment 1

[Tim Meader]

Just wanted to confirm this bug. It isn't messed up settings. Something has
changed with the Amazon page rendering (but like you said, only for the book
information sections). DVD's and Music (the only others I frequent) seem to be fine.

Comment 2

[Tim Meader]

This appears fixed to me in the latest branch builds at least. The rendering of a book lookup page result shows identically in IE6 and the latest nightly.

Unless this bug can be confirmed as still existing, I'm gonna go ahead and close this.

Comment 3

[Ray Trent]

Yeah, seems fixed.