685521 - Facebook proves how horrible Firefox is

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Dan Jacobson]

Attachment: Just can't scroll the whole page, can we?

Here we have proof that Firefox is terrible.

We use an 7 inch EEEPC for this experiment, as its smaller screen will
illustrate just how terribly _horrible_ Firefox is.

Do not cheat and think it is OK to use your large screen in an effort
to deny there is a bug and get rid of my report.

We visit http://www.facebook.com/help .
No Facebook account needed, no logging in needed. No excuses not to test.

We hit several CTRL++'s to zoom up the size of the characters a
little.

Now we scroll horizontally.

We notice how Firefox pushes the "Search" textbox further and further
to the edge ... the more we hit CTRL++.

The rest of the screen is _accessible_ but not the search textbox.
Kiss it good bye. It didn't have to be that way, but that is the fact.

This just illustrates how awful Firefox is.

P.S., I used totally vanilla Debian Firefox 8. No add-ons for somebody
to say I didn't turn off.

Comment 1

[Dan Jacobson]

I'm talking about the upper search box, the white box with the black word "Search" in it. The lower one is fine.

Comment 2

[Reuben Morais [:reuben]]

This is a problem in the page, the "position: fixed;" property on that element causes it. Same happens on Safari and Chrome.

Comment 3

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

"position:fixed" attaches to the viewport edge.  Chrome, Opera and IE have
the same layout as Firefox.

Comment 4

[Dan Jacobson]

Well... a browser will balls should be able to break through somehow, without add-on or plug-ins,
even if it violates standards... as it is easier to empower the browser than try to get a word in
edgewise to one of those larger websites. And the people who need such accessibility enablements are
exactly those who are not smart enough to install add-ons or file bug reports.

Comment 5

[Dan Jacobson]

Firefox still horrible: Bug 684414

Comment 6

[Dan Jacobson]

Now hitting lots of CTRL++ makes words on http://www.facebook.com/help overlap only.