300433 - rendering of first column of DrudgeReport.com starts even with bottom of column two

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[starlight]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

That about says it.  This has been happening consistently with Firefox 1.04 for
a few weeks.  The HTML source shows nothing exceptional, just a <hr> tag
followed by an image.  Firefox drops the remainder of the column down off the
bottom of the visible window area.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. visit the site

Comment 1

[starlight]

Where's the file upload in this Bugzilla?  Here's my config anyway.

Note that I *have* verified that the problem occurs with
the Privoxy (v3.0.3) proxy disabled, though I usually run with
it enabled.  Also note that sometimes the column renders correctly,
especially when no image appears in the middle of column one.



# Mozilla User Preferences

/* Do not edit this file.
 *
 * If you make changes to this file while the browser is running,
 * the changes will be overwritten when the browser exits.
 *
 * To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL about:config
 * For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#prefs
 */

user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar", 0);
user_pref("app.update.autoUpdateEnabled", false);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateDate", 1104629381);
user_pref("browser.anchor_color", "#4FA7FF");
user_pref("browser.display.background_color", "#000000");
user_pref("browser.display.foreground_color", "#CCCCCC");
user_pref("browser.display.screen_resolution", 96);
user_pref("browser.display.use_document_colors", false);
user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
user_pref("browser.display.use_system_colors", true);
user_pref("browser.download.dir", "C:\\Documents and
Settings\\lawless_restrict\\My Documents");
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", "C:\\Documents and
Settings\\lawless_restrict\\My Documents");
user_pref("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
user_pref("browser.download.save_converter_index", 1);
user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
user_pref("browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing", false);
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days", 10);
user_pref("browser.link.open_external", 2);
user_pref("browser.preferences.lastpanel", 2);
user_pref("browser.search.selectedEngine", "Google");
user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "rv:1.7.8");
user_pref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
user_pref("browser.visited_color", "#BF00BF");
user_pref("extensions.disabledObsolete", true);
user_pref("extensions.lastAppVersion", "1.0");
user_pref("extensions.update.autoUpdateEnabled", false);
user_pref("extensions.update.lastUpdateDate", 1104629381);
user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "Verdana");
user_pref("general.autoScroll", false);
user_pref("image.animation_mode", "none");
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache", "GB2312, windows-1250, us-ascii");
user_pref("network.cookie.prefsMigrated", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 50);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.proxy.http", "localhost");
user_pref("network.proxy.http_port", 8118);
user_pref("network.proxy.https", "localhost");
user_pref("network.proxy.https_port", 8118);
user_pref("network.proxy.ssl", "localhost");
user_pref("network.proxy.ssl_port", 8118);
user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage", false);
user_pref("security.OCSP.URL", "");
user_pref("security.OCSP.signingCA", "Builtin Object Token:Verisign Class 1
Public Primary OCSP Responder");
user_pref("security.ssl2.des_64", false);
user_pref("security.ssl2.rc2_40", false);
user_pref("security.ssl2.rc4_40", false);
user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_1024_rc4_56_sha", false);
user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc2_40_md5", false);
user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5", false);
user_pref("security.warn_entering_secure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_leaving_secure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_submit_insecure", false);
user_pref("security.warn_viewing_mixed", false);
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
user_pref("xpinstall.enabled", false);

Comment 2

[starlight]

Really, I can't fathom why you guys have the file upload disabled.

So instead of a HTML file, here is a link to my Apache server
with a frozen copy of DRUDGEREPORT.COM that reproduces the
rendering problem.  It's post Privoxy 3.0.3, which I suppose
could be a factor in the problem.

http://69.142.145.215/drudge_drop_column.html

Comment 3

[starlight]

Attachment: HTML that evokes the problem.

Ok, I'm clueless.  Finally found the attachment link.

Comment 4

[starlight]

While screwing around creating this report, I noticed that the problem is
dependent on the width of the Firefox window.  A tad bit wider and the problem
goes away.  Make it narrower and, Pop! the image and column drop down out of sight.

Hate to be a killjoy, but IE handles this much more gracefully.  The page
squeezes down cleanly, and eventually a horizontal scroll bar appears. 
Firefox's rendering goes totally spastic as the window narrows.

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I'm not seeing column one even with bottom of column 2.
=> WFM 
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2) Gecko/20081125 Firefox/3.1b2