421402 - Dr Eye instant look-up no longer works

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 398013

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[David Rutkowski]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020514 Firefox/3.0b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020514 Firefox/3.0b3

The Chinese tools program, Dr Eye, can automatically look-up words, Chinese or English, under the cursor on the screen. Starting with Firefox 3 Beta 3, this look-up no longer works. It is as if a change in the Firefox display routine has made it impossible to get the information about what text is currently under the cursor. I am using Windows XP, and have experienced no problem with previous versions of Firefox, including Firefox 3 betas. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run Firefox Beta 3 and Dr Eye in any order
2. Enable Dr Eye instant look-up option
3.
Actual Results:  
Dr Eye does not do any look-ups.

Expected Results:  
When the cursor is over a word, a Dr Eye window opens. In the window is a Chinese translation if the word is English, and an English translation if the word is Chinese.

I'm using Dr Eye version 7. My OS is XP SP2.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

You should ask the author of this third-üarty tool why this doesn't work. This is no bug in Firefox

Comment 2

[David Rutkowski]

I had thought I had tested Dr Eye with Firefox 3 beta 2, but I didn't. Testing it, I found it doesn't work with that beta either. Since Dr Eye works with the vast majority of other applications, including Firefox 2, I can only assume that some change in the display routine makes the text data unavailable (or available in a different form) in Firefox 3. I doubt if Dr Eye would go through the effort to make its products work with Firefox 3. I just thought I'd let you know that something that has changed in the display routine has rendered Firefox 3 non-standard on the PC. I can always cut and paste text into an application which does work with Dr. Eye if I find a compelling reason to use Firefox 3. 

Comment 4

[David Rutkowski]

Attachment: Additional info on problem

I couldn't find a way to add a comment to the bug thread, so placed my additional info in an attachment.