312992 - random flashing of ad graphics in various locations around page upon initial loading of page

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 132337

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Chase]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915

Whenever I log into the aforementioned web page (it's my homepage), the
advertisement graphics imbedded in the page flash in various places around the
page for about 10 seconds while the page is loading.  It happens whether the add
is a static image or animated flashplayer piece, or even if the add is being
blocked by the Mozilla FlashBlocker (which, by the way, is an ingenious bit of
programming - one of the BIGGEST reasons that I use Mozilla in the first place).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Start up the Mozilla web browser.
2.  Go to www.msnbc.com
3.  Watch.

Actual Results:  
See 'Details' above.

Expected Results:  
No flashing.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Related to Firefox bug 301500 and Firefox bug 303178 -> Core bug 132337?

Comment 2

[Andrew Schultz]

this got fixed on trunk between 20041011 and 20041012 ==> dupe of "Floating div
with overflow auto flickers while resizing window or during load (reflow)"

please always test with a recent build before filing (trunk, SeaMonkey 1.0
build, FF 1.5 build, etc.  1.7.x is not "recent")

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

Comment 3

[Chris Chase]

My apologies.  I did do a search for similar bugs before filing, but didn't find anything since I used the keyword 'flash' instead of 'flicker'.  I also mistakenly thought I had the lastest release.  I have since loaded Mozilla version 1.7.12, and the problem seems to have been rectified.