742262 - Flash and pop ups

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[in-Tanz]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
Build ID: 20120328051619

Steps to reproduce:

Flash in pop-ups open new (external) site with (target=) _blank
and:
Flash-links like
http://www.in-tanz.de/a/j/poly/poly-9.php#zwei



Actual results:

Flash in pop-ups open new Site with (target=) _blank open in the same popup as a new register card - instead of opening a new register card in the main browser.
And:
Flash-Links like
http://www.in-tanz.de/a/j/poly/poly-9.php#zwei
do no longer jump to that frame / reference point.
This refers to FF 11 and 12 at least


Expected results:


Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

Sowohl im FF11 als auch im FF12 werden Flash-links (zumindest in Pop-Ups) nicht mehr korrekt ausgeführt:
Es handelt sich um Zusätze der Art:
http://www.in-tanz.de/a/j/poly/poly-9.php#zwei
Andere Browser können die Stelle #zwei korrekt anspringen. FF zumindest seit 11 nicht mehr.

im FF12 (Stand 04.04.2012)  werden in einem Pop-Up angezeigte Links, die in Flash mit (target=) _blank gekennzeichnete Inhalte verlinken, nun plötzlich im selben kleinen Pop-Up geöffnet - statt wie in allen früheren Versionen und allen anderen Browsern - in einem normalen - d.h großen - Fenster / einer neuen Registerkarte des FF.
Dies stellt zumindest in Deutschland rechtlich ein Problem dar, da man mit diesem Befehl eben externe Inhalte kennzeichnet.

Allein bei mir sind derzeit über 13.000 Seiten Inhalt in Pop Ups mit über hundertausend Links betroffen.

Falls es zur Fehlerbehebung notwendig sein sollte, kann ich Ihnen Beispielseiten mit Flash in einer Testumgebung programmieren.
Dear Madam or Sir,

FF11 as well as FF12 will (at least in pop-ups) no longer jump to Flash-Links like
http://www.in-tanz.de/a/j/poly/poly-9.php#zwei
All other browsers resp. earlier FF do jump correctly to frame / reference #zwei.

the new Browser FF12 version 12.0 (date 4th of April 2012) opens pop-ups now in a different way to former versions or all other browsers.
If the file in the pop-up is a flash file with a link to open an external file/web site with (target=) _blank, it opens a new register - within - the pop-up.
All former versions and all other browsers open a new register card or window in the main (big) Firefox-window.
This new way may imply legal problems, as target blank is often used to clearly indicate content of different origin.


This is not a minor problem, as only my web-site contains over 13,000 Flash-Pop-Ups with over hundred thousand links affected as described above.

If necessary, I can program flash-examples in a test-account.

Comment 1

[Andre Klapper]

(In reply to in-Tanz from comment #0)
> http://www.in-tanz.de/a/j/poly/poly-9.php#zwei

A testcase would be welcome, as that page requires a Login.

Comment 2

[in-Tanz]

A testcase in German and English is available:
www.in-tanz.de/test-ff/test-ff.php

Comment 3

[Alice0775 White]

There are 2 problem in a this bug.

So I spun off for the 2nd issue(#zwei) in comment#0 (i.e. 1st problem of  http://www.in-tanz.de/test-ff/test-ff.php)
Filed Bug 743552

Comment 4

[Alice0775 White]

1st issue(target=_blank) in comment#0 (i.e. 2nd problem in http://www.in-tanz.de/test-ff/test-ff.php)

Regression window(m-c)
Works:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/cfaee7b043f7
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0a1) Gecko/20120123 Firefox/12.0a1 ID:20120123224251
Fails:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/6e3018bb5cfe
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0a1) Gecko/20120124 Firefox/12.0a1 ID:20120124042851
Pushlog:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=cfaee7b043f7&tochange=6e3018bb5cfe


Regression window(m-i) for the second problem of http://www.in-tanz.de/test-ff/test-ff.php
Works:
http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f8d4887aae8d
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0a1) Gecko/20120123 Firefox/12.0a1 ID:20120123161851
Fails:
http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/6c5229914ef9
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0a1) Gecko/20120123 Firefox/12.0a1 ID:20120123165052
Pushlog:
http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/pushloghtml?fromchange=f8d4887aae8d&tochange=6c5229914ef9

Regressed by:
c797a7c68023	Dão Gottwald — Bug 485237 - Use \!toolbar.visible instead of the chromehidden attribute existence to identify popups. r=gavin

Comment 5

[in-Tanz]

Dear Madam or Sir,
I am a bit disappointed. FF13 was published lately and still shows both flaws.
My customers are “not amused” to find that now at least three versions of Firefox (11,12,13) cannot cope with flash or pop ups properly.
If I can be of any help, please let me know.
Furthermore, I have just found another problem with cache / memorizing passwords, which might be connected to the problems with pop ups. For the time being, I will wait, whether it might be solved with the clearing of the other two problems.
Is there any solution to be expected in the near future?
I do know that you are all volunteers. But until now, no one seems to be officially assigned to these problems. “Assigned To: Nobody”. Or am I mistaken in this respect?
A short reply would be appreciated.
With kind regards,
in-Tanz

Comment 6

[in-Tanz]

I added new test cases to prove, that the problems do not only occur in pop ups, but in the normal browser window as well.
www.in-tanz.de/test-ff/test-ff.php

Comment 7

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

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