393265 - Download links on mozilla.com cause problems for Safari 2.0.x on OSX

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

Expected:
- user clicks on link
- user gets download

Seen:
- user clicks link
- user gets long pause
- some crashes reported

Browsers in question:
- Safari 2.0.x for OSX and Win

Could someone add steps to reproduce?  Thanks.

Comment 1

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

If you want to reproduce the "pause" you can clear your cache (Safari menu -> Empty Cache).  I can consistently reproduce the unexpected pause.

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Could pipelining be a problem?  (HTTP 1.1.)

Comment 3

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

I posted a patch in bug 393263 that fixes the redirect problem.  Could possibly fix the Safari hang, but that's unconfirmed.  If any of you could look at the patch it'd be helpful, though.  Thanks.

Comment 4

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Oops, I should've added this a long time ago: when you resize the Safari browser window, the "freeze/hang" goes away, and the page redirects.  It's like they have problems with their DOM implementation, and the webpage DOM events don't bubble up via a notification, and thus the browser shell never redirects properly until that resize.

Comment 5

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

This was fixed in the patch posted in bug 393263.

Comment 6

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Just for the record, QA has signed off and we're awaiting the push.

Comment 7

[Paul Kim]

bug filed to sync with IT: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394532

Comment 8

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED using Safari 2.0.4 on Mac OS X 10.4