310643 - firefox will not interpret certain html pages

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4

when trying to load http://www.wotif.com, firefox desplays the source of the
html page, rather than interpreting the html. Other browsers do not have a
problem loading this page. This type of error is also shown when trying to load
some pages inside msn hotmail.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open firefox
2. type http://www.wotif.com in the address bar and press enter/return/click go

Actual Results:  
the page's source is shown rather that the page loading correctly.

Expected Results:  
it should have interpreted the html and shown the page as a html page rather
than a text-style page.

i am using the default theme. this problem occurs in mozilla firefox 1.5 beta 1,
and i have also found it to occur in firefox 1.0.6 and 1.0.7. i have not tested
other versions of firefox.

Comment 1

[Christopher Hoang]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915
Firefox/1.0.7

WFM under this build of Firefox. I see the proper layout of the page, links,
graphics and all.

Comment 2

[Adam Guthrie]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050930
Firefox/1.6a1 ID:2005093016

Works for me, too. They're serving the page as text/html; charset=utf-8.

Comment 3

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20050930
Firefox/1.4.1 ID:2005093021

WFM.

Comment 4

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

WFM too. Reporter this looks like an oddity with your system. I suggest running
in safe mode and seeing if that has the same problem
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050929
Firefox/1.6a1 ID:2005092913

Comment 5

[Adam Guthrie]

4 WFMs -> WORKSFORME.

Comment 6

[Chris]

After closer inspection i have worked out that it is my firewall:
ZoneAlarm Pro version:6.0.667.000
TrueVector version:6.0.667.000
Driver version:6.0.667.000
Anti-spyware engine version:4.0.9.21
Anti-spyware signature DAT file version:01.200509.139

Whenever i have any of the privacy settings switched on, it affects this page in
firefox, and no other browsers. I have tried adding this page to the privacy
approved list, but it is no use. I can disable all my privacy settings and it
will show the page but this is not a good idea. Does anyone know if there is a
tweak you can do with firefox that will allow these types of pages to be shown?

Comment 7

[Adam Guthrie]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Does anyone know if there is a tweak you can do with firefox that will allow >
these types of pages to be shown?

No, but I'm sure that someone on the MozillaZine forums does.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/