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laredo...@zipmail.com

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Nov 30, 2006, 5:57:07 PM11/30/06
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Hi,

On the latest version of PC Firefox, I am noticing some strange
behavior. If you look at this page

http://remanresource.com/home.php

and click on the "View Demo" link towards the bottom, you'll notice the
first time you click on the link, the link moves to a different place
on the page. The second click yields the right behavior. However, it
does not do this on IE. What gives?

Thanks, - Dave

Leonidas Jones

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Nov 30, 2006, 6:29:59 PM11/30/06
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It must be the caret browsing. Press the F7 key and turn off caret
browsing.

Lee

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Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T

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Nov 30, 2006, 7:42:38 PM11/30/06
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Work fine for me

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Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T

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Nov 30, 2006, 7:43:33 PM11/30/06
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Leonidas Jones wrote:
> laredo...@zipmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On the latest version of PC Firefox, I am noticing some strange
>> behavior. If you look at this page
>>
>> http://remanresource.com/home.php
>>
>> and click on the "View Demo" link towards the bottom, you'll notice the
>> first time you click on the link, the link moves to a different place
>> on the page. The second click yields the right behavior. However, it
>> does not do this on IE. What gives?
>> Thanks, - Dave
>>
>
> It must be the caret browsing. Press the F7 key and turn off caret
> browsing.
>
> Lee
>
I'm no rabbit so I can't see the carrots.

Leonidas Jones

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Nov 30, 2006, 11:05:33 PM11/30/06
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Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:

> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> laredo...@zipmail.com wrote:

/snip/


>>
>> It must be the caret browsing. Press the F7 key and turn off caret
>> browsing.
>>
>> Lee
>>
> I'm no rabbit so I can't see the carrots.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_navigation

Ron Hunter

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Dec 1, 2006, 3:45:22 AM12/1/06
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Leonidas Jones wrote:
> laredo...@zipmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On the latest version of PC Firefox, I am noticing some strange
>> behavior. If you look at this page
>>
>> http://remanresource.com/home.php
>>
>> and click on the "View Demo" link towards the bottom, you'll notice the
>> first time you click on the link, the link moves to a different place
>> on the page. The second click yields the right behavior. However, it
>> does not do this on IE. What gives?
>> Thanks, - Dave
>>
>
> It must be the caret browsing. Press the F7 key and turn off caret
> browsing.
>
> Lee
>
Nothing moved here. BTW, this site seems to love Flash, so some setting
in Flash may be causing your problems.

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krONik

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Dec 1, 2006, 3:47:03 AM12/1/06
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When observing _laredo...@zipmail.com's_ postulating to Cyberia, on
1/12/2006 9:57 AM perpend:

Sorry, this behaviour is not seen on my PC. I use FF 2.0 on Windoze
XP/Ubuntu Linux. The page works perfectly for me.

Regards,

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Chris Ilias

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Dec 1, 2006, 5:06:56 PM12/1/06
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_laredo...@zipmail.com_ spoke thusly on 30/11/2006 5:57 PM:

I've seen that on occasion; and I can definitely reproduce it on the
page linked above.
See <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink.html>.

I've seen a few similar bugs; but without knowing the exact cause, I
can't say with certainty, that it is a Firefox. I'm willing to bet it's
a Firefox bug, though.
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Phillip Jones, CET

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Dec 1, 2006, 5:30:26 PM12/1/06
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Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>
>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>> laredo...@zipmail.com wrote:
> /snip/
>>>
>>> It must be the caret browsing. Press the F7 key and turn off caret
>>> browsing.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>> I'm no rabbit so I can't see the carrots.
>>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_navigation
>
> Lee
>
Thanks for info. Doesn't sound all that useful. So I'll leave turned off.

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Tony Mechelynck

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Dec 1, 2006, 5:37:59 PM12/1/06
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Chris Ilias wrote:
> _laredo...@zipmail.com_ spoke thusly on 30/11/2006 5:57 PM:
>> On the latest version of PC Firefox, I am noticing some strange
>> behavior. If you look at this page
>>
>> http://remanresource.com/home.php
>>
>> and click on the "View Demo" link towards the bottom, you'll notice the
>> first time you click on the link, the link moves to a different place
>> on the page. The second click yields the right behavior. However, it
>> does not do this on IE. What gives?
>
> I've seen that on occasion; and I can definitely reproduce it on the
> page linked above.
> See <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink.html>.
>
> I've seen a few similar bugs; but without knowing the exact cause, I
> can't say with certainty, that it is a Firefox. I'm willing to bet it's
> a Firefox bug, though.

"Jumping links" on first click only, describes a known bug (see
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351491 ). That bug is marked
"fixed1.8.1.1" meaning the current Firefox 2.0.0.1 pre-release nightly builds
don't exhibit it anymore. If you can't wait for a fix, you may download the
"2.0.0.1pre" installer or achive applicable to your OS from
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8/ and
install it AT YOUR OWN RISK. These are nightly builds, they should be OK but
they are less extensively tested than release builds and a fix for one bug
might conceivably have introduced a different bug. I'm using them and
upgrading approx. every 24 hours, but the fact that I use them with no
problems on my Linux system guarantees nothing for other users. If you install
such a nightly build, you may want to install also the "Update Channel
Selector" extension if you don't want to get an update notification every day.


Best regards,
Tony.

Leonidas Jones

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Dec 1, 2006, 7:20:46 PM12/1/06
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Phillip Jones, CET wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>
>>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>>> laredo...@zipmail.com wrote:
/snip/

>>>>


>>> I'm no rabbit so I can't see the carrots.
>>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_navigation
>>
>> Lee
>>
> Thanks for info. Doesn't sound all that useful. So I'll leave turned off.
>

Its a very speciallized usage. I don;t use it either.

Chris Ilias

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Dec 1, 2006, 8:10:13 PM12/1/06
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_Tony Mechelynck_ spoke thusly on 01/12/2006 5:37 PM:
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> See <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink.html>.

>
> "Jumping links" on first click only, describes a known bug (see
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351491 ). That bug is
> marked "fixed1.8.1.1" meaning the current Firefox 2.0.0.1 pre-release
> nightly builds don't exhibit it anymore.

I just tried it with:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1pre)
Gecko/2006120103 BonEcho/2.0.0.1pre

After a couple or refreshes, I reproduced it:
<http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink2.html>

I then went to the default homepage, cleared private data (history,
cache, cookies, authenticated sessions), then went back to
<http://remanresource.com/home.php>, and it got worse:
<http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink3.html>

Tony Mechelynck

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Dec 2, 2006, 1:51:13 AM12/2/06
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Chris Ilias wrote:
> _Tony Mechelynck_ spoke thusly on 01/12/2006 5:37 PM:
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>> See <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink.html>.
>>
>> "Jumping links" on first click only, describes a known bug (see
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351491 ). That bug is
>> marked "fixed1.8.1.1" meaning the current Firefox 2.0.0.1 pre-release
>> nightly builds don't exhibit it anymore.
>
> I just tried it with:
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1pre)
> Gecko/2006120103 BonEcho/2.0.0.1pre
>
> After a couple or refreshes, I reproduced it:
> <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink2.html>
>
> I then went to the default homepage, cleared private data (history,
> cache, cookies, authenticated sessions), then went back to
> <http://remanresource.com/home.php>, and it got worse:
> <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink3.html>

Well, I'm using (as I said) 2.0.0.1pre nightlies, I tried the indicated link,
and got no jump. It opened a blank page but that must be due to an inadequate
or missing plugin.


Best regards,
Tony.

Ayush

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Dec 4, 2006, 12:05:04 AM12/4/06
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Replied to [Chris Ilias]s message :
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> After a couple or refreshes, I reproduced it:
> <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink2.html>
>
> I then went to the default homepage, cleared private data (history,
> cache, cookies, authenticated sessions), then went back to
> <http://remanresource.com/home.php>, and it got worse:
> <http://ilias.ca/flashback/fx2-movinglink3.html>


Chris, can you tell me which application you used to make those flash
presentations... Those are very good.


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