378154 - Self-reloading page disrupts Flash Plugin content in other tabs/windows

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 376745

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[rainer-bugzilla]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (Ubuntu-edgy)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (Ubuntu-edgy)

while the page mentioned above reloads itsself again and again, flash plugins from other sites 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  open http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/office/nonGenuine.aspx?displaylang=de&FamilyID=c262bcfd-1e09-49b6-9003-c4c47539df66&Error=97&sGuid=61f4c994-0e13-4f6f-baef-c15b52f806eb in one tab or window
2. open http://www.youtube.com/categories in another tab or window
3. watch the youtube page reload the flash object as long as the microsoft page reloads
4. Go to Tools/Addons and check if the "Find Updates" function is affected as well

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Does the microsoft page call navigator.plugin.refresh?  If so, this is a dup of bug 376745.

Comment 2

[rainer-bugzilla]

There is indeed a call to navigator.plugins.refresh(false);