487728 - Preview with Firefox in Dreamweaver doesn't always work.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Pierre Caritey]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032608 Firefox/3.0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032608 Firefox/3.0.8

Wheb trying to preview/debug a html page with Firefox in Dreamweaver, the first time I try, I may be able to open the page but after that a message appears: Firefox failled to find "index.html  preceeded by the complete address.If in  Firefox I go to the same address it opens fine. 
Yesterday I had the same problem with the following website <http://www.chantal-jumel-kolam-kalam.com/pages/pagehommages/hommages.html>. Some pages opened then others didn't, no apparent reason.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.restart Firefox
2.from Dreamweaver try Preview/debug in Firefox
3.The first time the page may appear but later it doesn't.
Actual Results:  
After one try at the most, the following message appears:
"File Not Found
Firefox can't find the file at /Macintosh HD/Users/soandso/Sites/billy2/index.html."
which is the right address

Expected Results:  
Firefox should have opened the page as expected

When the problem appeared first the page didn't appear even the first time. Now it happens erratically the first time but later attempts do not succeed. No problem with other browsers.

Comment 1

[Clinton]

Bug also occurred in Firefox 3.0, but appeared to have been fixed. It is now back in 3.5.

Old work-around, before 3.0 bug was fixed was to completely quit out of Firefox before each attempt to preview a page from Dreamweaver. That work-around does not appear to work in Firefox 3.5.  Now, when you quit Firefox 3.5 and attempt to preview a page from Dreamweaver, Firefox launches, but just shows the browser default home page.

Comment 2

[Salome Pockerl]

I have a similar problem. Will see in Dreamweaver a file in Browserpreview. Safri, will do, Opera also but not FF 3.5 Nothing happens, neither this Error-Warning. The protocol from Dreamweaver gifes an issue, like I would uploade the file "Gestartet: 05.07.09 19:10 Uhr termine:index.php - identisch - nicht übertragen … … … Dateivorgang abgeschlossen. Dateien übersprungen: 26 Beendet: 05.07.09 19:10 Uhr"
This bug is  reproducible on myMacBookPro and also on the iMac 24".
thanks

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Also update your plugins (flash, adobe reader, java, quicktime, silverlight, etc.) Go to the developer's website and download the latest version from there. If you no longer see this issue, please close this bug as RESOLVED, WORKSFORME. If you do see the bug, please post a comment.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, 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.