Closed Bug 401638 Opened 17 years ago Closed 15 years ago

firefox becomes uncontrollable after accessing website

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

2.0 Branch
x86
Windows 2000
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: andy_barosanu, Unassigned)

References

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Details

(Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-07-30])

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8 After accessing a website such as that posted in the "URL" field of this form, content that is not wanted and/or is innapropiate may be displayed and no action can be taken from the user's side to close the firefox window or tab in which the content is displayed other that that of ending the proces from windows's task manager. The firefox window gets resized and starts moving from one corner of the screen to another, making the user unable close it. Although this may be considered as a "feature", I believe that when such a site is loaded, the user must be presented with a warning and must be given a choice wether to display the site or not. Also, if the user is mislead to ignore any eventual warnings that the firefox application may issue, he must have the option to close the misbehaving site. I know that this most likely files under "Broken Websites" but i was unable to access the "Help" menu, or any other menu for that matter, while the site was being displayed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.access the website presented in the "URL" field. 2. 3. Actual Results: Firefox became unresponsive and inapropriate content was displayed. Expected Results: I expected the ability to disable such a misbehaivng site instead of having to close the firefox process from the task manager. I am running firefox with it's default theme and my system does not have a special configuration. My operating system is windows 2000 professional with all patches to date.
This bug was originally 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 3.6.6 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
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-07-30]
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 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.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Resolution: INCOMPLETE → WORKSFORME
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