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firefox-3.0 package

Rendering Issue w/ http://gatech.edu

Bug #184740 reported by Nanley Chery
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Upon visiting http://www.gatech.edu , many things are unaligned or offset. This includes the navigational links near the top (Alumni, Business & Government, Current Students...), the pictures underneath them, and all the content on the page (as one can see the white background it is supposed to be resting on. This occurs on Gutsy FF2/FF3b2 and Hardy FF2/FF3b3pre and does not occur on the Windows versions of this browser.

I have made a broken website report on, http://reporter.mozilla.org/app/report/?report_id=RMO12008965058434

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Nanley Chery (nanoman)
description: updated
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David Tomaschik (matir) wrote : Re: Rendering Issue on www.gatech.edu

Can you provide a screenshot that demonstrates this? It renders fine on my system.

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

That's strange... With which OS are you testing the site with? Here's a screenshot.

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David Tomaschik (matir) wrote :

On Ubuntu Gutsy, with FF2, I get a perfectly fine rendering. On Ubuntu Hardy, with FF2, I also get the right layout.

On Ubuntu Hardy/FF3.0b3pre, I see the same behavior as you do.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: New → Confirmed
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Matthew Woerly (nattgew) wrote :

On Ubuntu Gutsy, with FF2, I see the same behavior as you do. I've seen this kind of thing on other sites, too.

Changed in firefox:
status: New → Confirmed
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Matthew Woerly (nattgew) wrote :

It also happens with http://www.tri-valley.k12.il.us/
I thought that it should be more general than just one site. Any others you notice?

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

I get this error on my WinXP's FF3b2 as well. As this is not an Ubuntu specific problem, you should report this as a broken site. To do this click on Help -> Report Broken Site.

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Matthew Woerly (nattgew) wrote :

Well the site I listed is fine on Windows.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

please test if using the accelmethod "EXA" in your xorg.conf helps. If not check that "XAA" is broken too please.

 - Alexander

Changed in firefox-3.0:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

firefox 2 won't receive any considerable fixes anymore.

Changed in firefox:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

Odd... it seems gatech has updated its website and this newer version doesn't show any problems. I guess we can close this bug (or focus on Nattgew's site?).

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

thanks for the update.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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