560107 - Browser doesn't line up properly with layouts of many web sites.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Richard Jandrow]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100413 Firefox/3.6.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100413 Firefox/3.6.4

The last few updates have developed more and more overlap of information on many web sites......... Ebay, PayPal, my bank and even my own sites. The way your browser sees the sites and the way Iexplorer sees them are radically different. 
In some cases they eliminate items that are so important that I have to open up Iexplorer in order to make a form work correctly. This has been going on for some time and is getting worse and worse.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

Please check Firefox's safe mode and/or a new profile solves the issue. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+troubleshooting

Providing screenshots highlighting the differences would be helpful in understanding what you are seeing.

Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan]

Attachment: Screenshot from reporter

Comment 3

[Kevin Brosnan]

Looks like you've zoomed in on the page. Please reset the zoom level, view > zoom > default. Please report in this bug if this solves the issue.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Websites+look+wrong#Page_is_zoomed_in_or_out

Comment 4

[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 5

[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.