On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 07:34:41PM -0000, Andr?? Pirard wrote: > > > That bug is supposed to be fixed in RC1. What is left here is _true_ > > random selection - which has been confirmed multipl times, but noone > > could come up with easy to follow instructions to reproduce it. > > > Did you try what I mentioned? > Use a slow system (or slow it down), be sure to have Flash enabled, go > to Google News, easiest is to make some search by date, you get an URL > list, right-click-open-link-in-new-tab it in sequence rapidly. Assuming > you'll have as many Flash ads as here, you may meet the problem. > Firefox does not make good multitasking, the Flash player probably > blocks resources (why the heck does it play in the background? (spending > CPU time showing things nobody sees)) and the focus window does not > receive its share of processing time. These timing issues probably > reveal a mouse driving bug that doesn't show otherwise. > On a small computer of mine, response time and false clicks appear with > 6-8 launched windows running. > If I do the same experiment with Flash applet disabled, it's well after > launching 20 windows that the problem starts to manifest faintly.
Thanks for the testcase. Anyone can reproduce it with those instructions? status incomplete > > Also, the repeated crashes that made FF disappear without notice nor > apologies were obviously caused by Flash. > Yes, Flash unfortunately comes with many crashes, yes. Most crashes however are no firefox bugs. Have you tried the flash 10 preview? maybe it improves stability? > I wonder why we he have beta software in a LTS release. > Now I enable Flash only for the time I really need it . Way way way > cooler. ... not related to this bug. > > But yet, if only for trying : > Question : may I install both FF2 and FF3 to run in the same system? > ... questions are better asked on http://answers.launchpad.net - Alexander ** Changed in: firefox Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate popup-menu-item https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187313 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
