637532 - input shows problems with flash games on fx4

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[chris hofmann]

spin off from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615098#c12

we need to investigate whats behind a lot of the feedback on input related to flash games:

There seem to be a hell of a lot of feedback problems reported for
facebook/zynga games for some time now

facebook games 1854

http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/beta/search?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=&date_start=&version=--&q=facebook+games

farmville 921

http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/beta/search?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=&date_start=&version=--&q=farmville

cityville 533

http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/beta/search?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=&date_start=&version=--&q=cityville

frontierville 189

http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/beta/search?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=&date_start=&version=--&q=frontierville+

zynga 1025
http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/beta/search?q=zynga&product=firefox&version=--&date_start=&date_end=&sentiment=sad

possible related bugs
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618681
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613532

Comment 1

[orangezilla]

471 for facebook apps, although some are complaints about Facebook functionality set as an app tab

http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/beta/search?q=facebook+apps&product=firefox&version=--&date_start=&date_end=&sentiment=sad

Comment 2

[Victor Escobar]

I don't know if this is the same problem, but when I go to ask friends for parts within Cityville, the game area is truncated. I will attach screenshots to illustrate what I mean.

Comment 3

[Victor Escobar]

Attachment: combo-box showing list of friends who play game

This is the combo-box that allows me to select which friends to ask for parts.

Comment 4

[Victor Escobar]

Attachment: return to game after cancelling combo-box

If I return to the game after I cancel the combo-box (due to it being useless in its current state), the game is also truncated.

Comment 5

[Victor Escobar]

I also forgot to add that I'm using version 8.0 on Windows 7 x64 with the latest version of the Flash plugin...my laptop is an Acer Aspire 5730Z with 4GB RAM...this stuff only happens on FF...the latest stable releases of Chrome and IE give me no problems.

Comment 6

[David Bolter [:davidb] (NeedInfo me for attention)]

My wife dumped Firefox for Safari because playing FB games became intolerably slow.

Comment 7

[David Bolter [:davidb] (NeedInfo me for attention)]

Reports of slowness and freezes:
http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/site/http/apps.facebook.com

This is probably hurting us a lot.

Comment 8

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

We're in the process of removing support for plugins (bug 1677160), so I think this bug is irrelevant now.