305463 - Firefox instance freezes while loading PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 253117

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[François Gagné]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050817 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050817 Firefox/1.0+

The first time you open a pdf file firefox freeze during the loading of Adobe
Acrobat Reader (it's a long standing bug that append with all version of
mozilla/adobe acrobat reader I can remember of).

This is NOT a duplicate of bug 173061 or 219987, there is no hang just a very
annoying temporary freeze.

This bug have already been reported
(https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273787) and wrongy assigned as
duplicate.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a pdf file.
Actual Results:  
Wait for mozilla/firefox to unfreeze (could take up to 15-20 sec depending on
your system specs).

Expected Results:  
Should be able to change tabs and check other pages. (should launch the loading
of Adobe Acrobat Reader in a different thread)

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Related to/duplicate of bug 253117 or Suite bug 270006?

Comment 2

[François Gagné]

My bad (haven't search for Status:UNCONFIRMED bugs), duplicate of 253117.

Bug 253117 should really be considered a valid report.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 253117 ***