334391 - Status bar displays java crawler text from hidden tabs

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 104532

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Scott B]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915

I run multiple tabs all the time and if one of them has the hated java text crawler code running, it displays on the status bar of every tab, not just the one originating it.  Can't the status bar just work for the current tab?  Why would we want it to ever show anything from a hidden tab?  This happens on Server 2003, XP32, and XP64.  I put 'All' platforms since there isn't an 'All Windows' option.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run Mozilla.
2.Open >2 tabs, with one running a java text crawler in the status bar.
3.Got to any of the other tabs.

Actual Results:  
The text crawler is still there.

Expected Results:  
Java text crawlers should only run on the tab originating them.

Java text crawlers absolutely destroy the benefits of having a status bar, IMHO.  Having one display on ALL your tabs is terrible.

I have the default theme and very few plugins.

I know there are more important bugs out there, but maybe this is will appeal to a programmer looking for something fast or easy to do.

Comment 1

[Gérard Talbot]

> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.12)
> Gecko/20050915
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.12)
> Gecko/20050915
 

Scott, You are using a 7 months old browser version. 
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> I run multiple tabs all the time and if one of them has the hated java text
> crawler code running,

Java is Not JavaScript
JavaScript is Not Java
http://www.dannyg.com/ref/javavsjavascript.html

> it displays on the status bar of every tab, not just the
> one originating it. 
> Can't the status bar just work for the current tab?  Why
> would we want it to ever show anything from a hidden tab? 

> Actual Results:  
> The text crawler is still there.
> 
> Expected Results:  
> Java text crawlers should only run on the tab originating them.

This is most likely bug 104532, which is one of the most frequently reported bug. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/duplicates.cgi

The status bar text does not get update correctly as one switches tab... and that was happening in 1.7 branch and old 1.8 branch if I'm not wrong.


> Java text crawlers absolutely destroy the benefits of having a status bar,
> IMHO. 

Edit/Preferences.../Advanced category/Scripts & plugins/Allow scripts to:/change status bar text 
checkbox should be unchecked then. The same setting exists in Firefox 1.5.x

Resolving as DUPLICATE of bug 104532

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 104532 ***