462371 - Reader comments on abcnews.go.com pages do not display

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[IU]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081030 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081030 Firefox/2.0.0.11

A regression prevents reader comments on abcnews.go.com stories from displaying.

Regression range:
Works: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1a2pre) Gecko/2008080403 Minefield/3.1a2pre
Fails: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1a2pre) Gecko/2008080504 Minefield/3.1a2pre


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new profile
2. Visit the linked URL
3. Notice that reader comments are not displayed with builds post 2008080403.

Comment 1

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?startdate=2008-08-04+03%3A00%3A00&enddate=2008-08-05+04%3A00%3A00

MSIE 8 beta 2 fails too, Opera & Safari/WebKit show the comments.

Comment 2

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

instead of showing the comment's DIVs

<div><span id="ptTalkBackTop"> </span><div class="ptcWidgetNav">
...
</div><span id="ptTalkBackBottom"> </span></div>

there is following to be found in the rendered source:

<paw:widget args="contentId:6143738;contentUrl:%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2F%2Fwirestory%3FstoryId%6143738%26view%3Dallcomments;subject:Consumer+Cut+in+Spending+the+Most+Since+1980" config="talkback" webtag="abccomments" xmlns:paw="urn:Prospero:Widget"/>

i have absolutely no clue why this is =).

Comment 3

[Jim Jeffery not reading bug-mail 1/2/11]

Setting to 'New', still seeing this with latest build: (hourly)

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081116 Minefield/3.1b2pre Firefox/3.0 ID:20081116112307

Comment 4

[IU]

Works now

Comment 5

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

verified with Minefield/3.2a1pre ID:20090118033414 on WinNT 5.1