303178 - while page is loading, embedded ads flash (flicker) rapidly at both the correct, and at a second (incorrect) location on the page. Problem ceases in ~2 secs (when page is done?)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 132337

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Phil Bucher]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

Running XP (without SP 1 or SP2)
Problem occured with Firefox 1.06 - loaded ~7/14/05, and also with Firefox 1.06
loaded now, 8/2/05.  Problem did not occur with any prior revs of Firefox.

While this page loads, the 3" x 3" display ad in the right middle of page
flickers rapidly, while also flickering near the left top.  After ~ 2 seconds
(when the page seems to have finished loading), the problem cease.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  find an XP system (possibly without SP1 or SP2 to match my system)
2.  load http://www/msnbc.msn.com
3.  observe

Actual Results:  
ads flicker as described

Expected Results:  
ads should load in just one location on the screen without flickering.

I do not have any special themes or add-on software installed.  I reproduced the
problem tonight from a new download using the "standard" install.

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

This has been fixed on trunk for some time now. So if you don't want to get a
nightly build, you can wait for Firefox 1.5 to come out.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 132337 ***