Closed Bug 82145 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

"Read about:blank" shown in status bar of new browser window

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
UI Design
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
trivial

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 88200
Milestone:
mozilla0.9.4

People

(Reporter: terra, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS 5.8 sun4u; en-US; rv:0.9+) Gecko/20010520 BuildID: 2001052022 When I open a new window using middle-mouse, the status bar reads "Read about:blank" until the page actually loads. This is somewhat confusing. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open www.mozilla.org 2. Middle-click on, say, "Newsbot". Actual Results: "Read about:blank" shows. Expected Results: Status bar ought to be blank until the page I asked for gets loaded, or until mozilla has something better to tell me.
updating component
Assignee: asa → blakeross
Component: Browser-General → XP Apps: GUI Features
QA Contact: doronr → sairuh
QA Contact: sairuh → claudius
marking new
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Changing summary to a better one...
Summary: "about:blank" in status bar → "Read about:blank" shown in status bar of new browser window
usability/polish, 0.9.4.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
OS: Solaris → All
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla0.9.4
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88200 ***
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
v
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
I am still seeing this. It does not look like a dupe to me.
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Well, it is. Test again. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88200 ***
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Actually, and even though I verified this as a dupe, it's not a dupe. This bug as described still exists. Open www.mozilla.org and then middle-click on a link to open it in a new window. "Read about:blank" appears in the status bar until the page finishes loading. This bug report requests that the "Read about:blank" not appear at all. Reopening, for someone to decide whether this is actually a bug or as-designed.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
I did try to reproduce, but can't...
> I did try to reproduce, but can't... You need a slow target to really see it, it seems. I have a suspicion that access to www.mozilla.org from your machine is pretty darn fast. Try something else for which no data comes back until after the initial window has been completely drawn.
Hrm, I'm wondering if my comments from earlier today were based on an old build. I can't seem to reproduce this in today's build. Now when I open a new window I get "Connecting to <hostname>", and I don't remember seeing this before. Morten, can you reproduce this with a build after Aug 1, when the fix for bug 88200 was checked in?
Ok, I pulled a nightly and the bug is indeed gone. (the last I had was August 1 which I pulled after bug 88200 was closed. The fix must not have made it.) Thanks all! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88200 ***
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified. sorry 'bout the reopening, blake!
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Mozilla Application Suite
Component: XP Apps: GUI Features → UI Design
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