298408 - firefox churns cache and hangs--- cannot down-scale jpg object on homepage

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[falcon070777]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

In the page attt http://www.truetension.com, firefox cannot load the embedded
jpg image and concomitant to this problem, the hard disk churns for a very long
time.  Eventually, the web page finishes loading, but then whenever one presses
a key, firefox recommences attempting to load the jpg image again.  Problem is
iterative, thus, Firefoxe application is no longer usable and must be shut down.

Problem does not appear in Win2000 or WinXP.  Failure occurs in two different
machines running Win98se.

Perhaps there is a problem in the interface between firefox and Win98's jpg
rendering API.???

Note, the offensive web page is using a very large jpg file (346 kb) and the
browser/OS is to resize this image down to fit the appropriate desktop resolution.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Load Firefox 1.04 onto Win98se
2.go to www.truetension.com
3.cannot load image and firefox cannot be used

Actual Results:  
image fails to load (render) and firefox is henceforth unusable, hung, she no
workie ne more.

Expected Results:  
rendered the jpg to the scale appropriate for the resolution of the desketop gui
environment.

using sun's java runtime engine

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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