390378 - Bad data in tab window one

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Kenneth Hertz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6

The msn.com website "page options" allows the user to switch between "wide" (3-column) and "narrow" (2-column) layout. The MSNBC News summary appears in column 2, in both display modes. The problem is that in wide-mode, the MSNBC News section appears in column 1 (rather than column 2) and it contains obsolete data -- the news report is a week old. This bad display is repeated when I switch between narrow and wide modes, even after I clear the cache. HOWEVER, the problem occurs only when I am in Firefox tab window one! The display is ok in tab windows 2, 3, 4 (open new tab, go to msn.com.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox
2. Go to msn.com
3. Under "Page Options" select "Switch to Wide page" or "Switch to Narrow page"
4. Look for the MSNBC News segment
5. Repeat step (4) several times, switching between wide and narrow modes
Actual Results:  
In wide-screen mode, the MSNBC News segment is in column 1 and had old data; in narrow mode it is in column 2 with current data.

Expected Results:  
In both modes, it should be in column 2 with current data.

The problem was seen before updating to Firefox 2.0.0.6. I don't remember what that older version was, but I do have automatic updates. For both tab window 1 and 2 I did a "view source" and saved that data. Will attach it later.

Comment 1

[Kenneth Hertz]

Attachment: Source saved from tab window 1, with bad display of MSNBC News

Comment 2

[Kenneth Hertz]

Attachment: "View source" from tab window 2, which shows good data

Comment 3

[Kenneth Hertz]

Stranger and stranger ... this morning the "bad data" appear in all tabs. But the problem occurs only in my account: The problem does not occur in other accounts on this machine.