94201 - New windows unsuable after visiting this URL

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Jonas Linde]

Visit the Computer Sweden news site (eg.
http://computersweden.idg.se/text/010806-CS10) and then open up a new window
(eg. with Ctrl-N or "Open Link in New Window"). That results in a couple of new
errors in the JavaScript console but no content in the window. Hitting "Home"
results in "Error: BrowserHome is not defined" on the JS console. Windows that
where already open are unaffected but any new windows are disfunctional.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

worksforme, build 2001-08-06-08....

Jonas, what build are you using?

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

Browser, not engine. Reassigning to Browser-General component.

Comment 3

[Phil Schwartau]

Resolving as WORKSFORME.

Using Mozilla trunk binary 20010731xx Linux, I saw the bug. 
The new window was black and unusable.

Using Mozilla trunk binary 20010806xx Linux, no problem at all.


[e-mail]: can you try the site again with an up-to-date build?
If there is no longer any problem, please mark this bug "Verified".
Otherwise, you can reopen it - thanks. 

Comment 4

[Jonas Linde]

Sorry, forgot to mention the build. I've seen this for a while now and I
download new builds daily. I started noticing this somewhere around the 0.9.3
release. Currently I'm on 2001080608 Linux tar-ball so I'll reopen the bug.
Could it matter if I used an installer build?

Comment 5

[Phil Schwartau]

Yes, that could matter. Perhaps Boris and I do not have one of
the extra components you may have installed...

Comment 6

[Jonas Linde]

Some more research shows that removing my prefs.js file resolves the problem.
Likewise, starting with a fresh ~/.mozilla/ and putting the old prefs.js in it
makes the problem reappear. 

Having to nuke ones preferences (and saved passwords, cookie-settings etc.) is
annoying but there are better bugs to spend time on. This can't be a WORKSFORME
though as it is reproducable so I suggest marking it as WONTFIX.