439085 - Flash Elements Flicker on/off when URL in Address Bar Changes

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Tony Volpe]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061004 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061004 Firefox/3.0

Flash objects are flickering on and off intermitantly when the URL in the Address bar is changed and the site does not reload. 

This s a common process with flash developers which allows users to book mark deeplinks into flash sites. A typical library to enable this is SWFAddress (http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/)

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to flash site which changes the URL of the page without refreshing it and trigger this event. 
Actual Results:  
Intrmitantly, the flash object on the page will become invisible for a split second and then return

Expected Results:  
The Flash object should not flicker on/off

If information exists for a work around, please contact me. We have several sites which will experience this issue when Firefox 3 is released.

Comment 1

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

I can't reproduce what you report ... but I'm not sure I understand
it.

Please give us _very_ specific and _very_ detailed steps to reproduce.

Comment 2

[erwan bernard]

Please add screenshots and more detailed steps.
Everything looks fine when I go to http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/
with Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070206 Firefox/3.0.1
Nothing flickers for me but again not sure if that's all we're expected to do to see your issue.

Comment 3

[frederik]

I can confirm this. Same for my website: http://www.frederikdelmotte.be.
If you go to the website and click on a project, Flash changes the URL with Javascript and a blinking effect occurs before the actual transition (animation) takes place. I've only seen this on Mac. Windows and Linux don't have this problem.

(Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; nl; rv:1.9.0.1) 
Gecko/2008070206 Firefox/3.0.1)

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for Firefox General bugs filed against version 3.0 that are UNCO and have not been changed for 200 days.

Reporter, please update to Firefox 3.6.10 or alter. Firefox 3.0 is no longer supported and is no longer receiving updates. After you update, please create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/kb/managing+profiles, and test to see if your bug still exists. If you still the bug, then please post a comment with the version you tested against, and the problem. If the issue is no longer there, please set the RESOLUTION to  RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 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.