317524 - Try again button annoyance

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Csimbi]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

I have blocklist installed, which means that I have an extensive list of hosts blocked, which cannot be accessed. (Either via the hosts file or via the Blockpost plugin in Outpost firewall).
When I browse some web sites (like the hotmail main page for example, the web page is full of these try again buttons as all the hosts (except the one I need) cannot be contacted. Pretty annoying if You ask me, FF 1.0.7 was clever enough to put there a transparent image instead (or did not show anything).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Block some hosts in Your hosts file or firewall (look up a web page that uses pages from a lot of other web site, and block all except one).
2. Visit the web site while most of the hosts are blocked.
3. Enjoy the annoying view of FF 1.5.

Actual Results:  
Page is full of Try again buttons and error messages.

Expected Results:  
Not error messages, no try again buttons, just a transparent image (or just put there nothing ultimately rendering the background only).

If You don't want to build this into FF 1.5 as a default feature, it's fine with me (some user need to know about the errors). But then leave one option to force a behaviour that allows hiding these annoying messages, please.
Thank You!

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

It should be possible to block websites with Adblock Plus.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=266291

Comment 2

[Uri Bernstein]

You can revert to the 1.0.x behavior by setting browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to "false" in about:config.

Comment 3

[Csimbi]

(In reply to comment #2)
> You can revert to the 1.0.x behavior by setting browser.xul.error_pages.enabled
> to "false" in about:config.
> 

That did it, thanks Uri!
Wonder why there is no setting for that in FF options...
Might confuse a couple of users and they will ask dumb questions like I do :-)

Comment 4

[Jesse Ruderman]

Doesn't setting browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to false cause Firefox to show error dialogs instead of error pages?  That doesn't sound like what you want...

Comment 5

[Csimbi]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Doesn't setting browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to false cause Firefox to show
> error dialogs instead of error pages?  That doesn't sound like what you want...
> 
Yes, I realized that unfortunately.
Looked OK for the first time (because I checked with a site that AdBlock has blocked), then I realized it later that it's not the same thing.

Comment 6

[Uri Bernstein]

*** Bug 317722 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Uri Bernstein]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Doesn't setting browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to false cause Firefox to show
> error dialogs instead of error pages?  That doesn't sound like what you want...
> 

OK, sorry about that - I should have checked myself before giving advice.
But then - how come this didn't happen in 1.0.x? Or did it?

Comment 8

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 9

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.