Closed Bug 558642 Opened 14 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Window scrolling Javascript only work after the page is completely loaded (was working fine with Firefox v3.5.8)

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(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
3.6 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

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Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: khalidmajidali, Unassigned)

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Details

(Keywords: common-issue-)

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/4.1.249.1045 Safari/532.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

The javascript (http://www.exabytedesigns.com/scripts/eXabyteScroll.js) executes properly only after page load. While it was working fine on all versions of Firefox before v3.6

I looked for help at support.mozilla.com (https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/630194) but couldn't find any real solution.

http://www.exabytedesigns.com/test/ works great on Firefox v3.5.8 and all other major browsers including the buggiest Internet Explorer!

Please test this link (http://www.exabytedesigns.com/test/) using Firefox v 3.5.8 and v3.6+ and you'll know the difference.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://www.exabytedesigns.com/test/ using Firefox v3.5.8
2. Then http://www.exabytedesigns.com/test/ using Firefox v3.6+
3. Notice the page scroll error!
Actual Results:  
The script does not execute if it is called any where in the body. It only works if called in the body's onload attribute. But that means the the user will have to wait for the page to center until it is loaded completely!

Expected Results:  
The script should execute just after the body tag starts.

To get around this bug I used PHP to check the users browser version and execute the script on page load, here is what i did...

if (!strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],'Firefox/3.6')){ echo '<body>'; } else { echo '<body onload="setPosition();">'; }

This made the page viewable after the page load at least. But it not how it should be. To view this result visit (http://www.exabytedesigns.com/)

I also took screen shots of this page using Firefox v3.5.8, v3.6.2, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer... here is the link to the image (https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-download_forum_attachment.php?locale=en-US&attId=14755)

Please look into this issue. It has caused me and a lot of my visitors a lot of trouble.

Regards

Khalid Majid (Web Application Developer)
Keywords: common-issue-
Version: unspecified → 3.6 Branch
Attached image Error Screenshot — 
This is an image showing the screenshots of the webpage on all browsers!
it's not a problem on the trunk (Gecko/20100410 Minefield/3.7a5pre)
@Jo Hermans What does that mean?
(In reply to comment #2)
> it's not a problem on the trunk (Gecko/20100410 Minefield/3.7a5pre)
I mean what does it mean when you say that "it's not a problem on the trunk" ??
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.3a5pre) Gecko/20100410 Minefield/3.7a5pre

This was indeed a bug but it is fixed on trunk, in March of this year.
It is not impossible but also not likely that this bug will be fixed on the 3.6 branch. First step in the direction is a regression range (maybe two ranges) so that it becomes more clear what patch has caused the problem and what bug has fixed it. Then it is up to the drivers to decide if a patch will be accepted for Firefox 3.6. And last but not least, it needs also someone who is willing to create a patch. So a long road to go.
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > it's not a problem on the trunk (Gecko/20100410 Minefield/3.7a5pre)
> I mean what does it mean when you say that "it's not a problem on the trunk" ??

That the bug is not present in the latest version used by the developers - it probably only exists on the 3.6 branch.
Khalid -> Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Firefox 5?
Closing bug as Incomplete - if you are still experiencing this issue or have more information to provide feel free to post back here and we can re-open the bug. You can also get assistance by visiting the Firefox help site -> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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