428119 - Flash <object> tag not displaying. Will display on initial load but not reload, or if served with local filesystem, or if the flash object appears twice on the page.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Adam Luter]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b5pre) Gecko/2008032304 Minefield/3.0b5pre

Flash object's included with an <object> tag do not display.

This bug appears first the beta 5 release, it works in beta 4.  I downloaded several nightlies and isolated the first build that broke: 2008032304.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
First Test:

1.  Visit any of these urls:
http://oak.cobaltpointe.com/~aluter/swfobject/index.html
http://oak.cobaltpointe.com/~aluter/swfobject/index_minimum.html
http://oak.cobaltpointe.com/~aluter/swfobject/index_double.html

2.  Notice that the flash (may) load.

3.  Reload the page.

Second test:

1.  Download from this url:
http://oak.cobaltpointe.com/~aluter/swfobject.zip

2.  Unzip and view locally (with a file:// uri) index.html, index_minimum.html and index_double.html.

3.  Note that all flash objects load.

Actual Results:  
First Test:

Flash does not load, except on index_double.html where the second object does load.

Second Test:

All flash objects load.

Expected Results:  
First Test:

All flash objects should load both before and after the reload.

Second Test:

All flash objects should load.

Tested on Windows XP.  Probably reproducible on other systems but have time.

This build worked:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b5pre) Gecko/2008032204 Minefield/3.0b5pre

This build did not:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b5pre) Gecko/2008032304 Minefield/3.0b5pre

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

This is wfm (first testcase with 3 urls) on  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008040702 SeaMonkey/2.0a1pre and flash 9.0 r124

Comment 2

[Adam Luter]

I'm writing this is 2008040805 and it works for me as well.  So perhaps it has been fixed since beta 5.

I noticed there were some other bugs with flash recently, perhaps the fix came in with them?

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.x or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 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.