291424 - Pictures do not show, especially when clicking on an item in ebay.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

This happens especially when I actually go to an ad.  If you drop the provided
link into Firefox, the pictures will not show.  I always IE when visiting ebay
becuase this problem is so bad.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Drop "http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5574554392" into
address window and hit enter.
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Frames and hyperlinks are active, but no pictures.

Expected Results:  
Show the pictures

This also happens at amazon.com.  When placing an order, the java/VB buttons do
not show up.  But if you wave your mouse over the exact area where the button
should be, the mouse cursor changes to indicate a clickable link.  You can then
click on it.

I was reading around, and I'm finding that not all websites are writing
according to w3c standards.  They should but they are not.  In the meantime, and
in order to complete the Firefox coup against Microshaft, compatibility with
current non-w3c websites should be coded into Firefox and dropped when Firefox
is more widely recognized.  That's why I checked "major" in the problem severity
section.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

Examine your web features settings in the options, there is a good chance that
your problem is there. http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/options#webfeatures
The 'Load Images' option should be checked and 'for the originating Web site
only' should be un-checked.

If the previous step does not solve try starting Firefox's safe-mode it disables
all extensions. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode If this solves your issue
then an extension is to blame.

Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan]

Bugs that don't get a patch get resolved WFM or Invalid. In the future please
investigate some of the excellent help available at
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/ and
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38 before filing a bug.