505461 - Pop up blocker: blocks pop up, creates new open window in background.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[P. Danniels]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

While surfing and first loading of website pop up blocker states pop up blocked.
It creates a background page while indicating page blocked as well as displaying open window icon in operating system tool bar. This condition exists on more then one web-site. This also causes multiple of windows to be open and running in the background if more then one pop up occurs on the same site. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.on first visit to web-site.
2.on reloading or refreshing page.
3.on visiting various sites.
Actual Results:  
browser indicates pop up blocked, window actually not blocked open and running in background.

Expected Results:  
Window should have been blocked and not opened. 

system: Windows XP-Pro Corporate Edition.

Comment 1

[P. Danniels]

Great browser. IE can not even compete with mozilla.

Comment 2

[Oliver Kluge]

Happens also on Seamonkey 1.x and 2.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 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

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 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.