Comments on: Firefox 3 – Issue with dragging http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:32:15 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: sandrar http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:25:21 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-2250 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 Nicole Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:07:57 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-1056 BTW - I ran into this issue when using Visual Thesaurus... BTW – I ran into this issue when using Visual Thesaurus…

]]> By: Nicole http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Nicole Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:07:04 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-1055 It looks like there's a fix for this bug, but I don't know anything about how Bugzilla works - can the fixes be downloaded, or will they be worked into the next release of the software? Here's the link to the bug that was fixed: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476393 It looks like there’s a fix for this bug, but I don’t know anything about how Bugzilla works – can the fixes be downloaded, or will they be worked into the next release of the software?

Here’s the link to the bug that was fixed:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476393

]]> By: John http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-126 John Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:17:23 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-126 Hello, I posted a temporary work around to allow you to select text on a page, and I also just noticed the double click allows for you to use your scroll bars too: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=137736 Hello, I posted a temporary work around to allow you to select text on a page, and I also just noticed the double click allows for you to use your scroll bars too:

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=137736

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Chris Johnson Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:43:45 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-117 Thanks! I've been seeing this too and never suspected it had to do with that game. I also had no luck finding any relevant bug in Bugzilla, so <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454104" rel="nofollow">I filed one</a>. (Writing bug reports can be so awkward!) Also, you don't have to restart Firefox. Other windows where you weren't playing DTD and new windows are unaffected. Thanks! I’ve been seeing this too and never suspected it had to do with that game. I also had no luck finding any relevant bug in Bugzilla, so I filed one. (Writing bug reports can be so awkward!)

Also, you don’t have to restart Firefox. Other windows where you weren’t playing DTD and new windows are unaffected.

]]> By: Cat http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Cat Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:44:10 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-15 Hmm - on further investigation - it hasn't totally fixed the issue :-S Here's what's happening... Restart Firefox and the issue doesn't occur. Go to an asp page and then that seems to happen. The issue only arises AFTER I've visited the <a href="http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/game.asp" rel="nofollow">Desktop Towers</a> game (note - i've tested that it's not a flash issue - other flash sites don't cause the problem). If you restart Firefox, the issue disappears again! Freaky... Hmm – on further investigation – it hasn’t totally fixed the issue :-S

Here’s what’s happening…

Restart Firefox and the issue doesn’t occur. Go to an asp page and then that seems to happen. The issue only arises AFTER I’ve visited the Desktop Towers game (note – i’ve tested that it’s not a flash issue – other flash sites don’t cause the problem).

If you restart Firefox, the issue disappears again! Freaky…

]]> By: Cat http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Cat Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:25:24 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-14 LEGEND!! I closed Firefox, deleted that directory, re-opened Firefox, and now it's fixed! Thanks v. much - guess I owe you a beer?! ;-) LEGEND!!

I closed Firefox, deleted that directory, re-opened Firefox, and now it’s fixed!

Thanks v. much – guess I owe you a beer?! ;-)

]]> By: Cat http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Cat Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:11:50 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-13 Thanks Josh :-) Good spot with the links - i'll change my stlyesheet so they look better! Will give your suggestion a try now and will let you know how well it works :-D Thanks Josh :-)

Good spot with the links – i’ll change my stlyesheet so they look better!

Will give your suggestion a try now and will let you know how well it works :-D

]]> By: Joshua Lock http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Joshua Lock Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:13:30 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-12 Also, links don't show up to well in your comments :/ There're two clickable links in the comment above! Also, links don’t show up to well in your comments :/ There’re two clickable links in the comment above!

]]> By: Joshua Lock http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/firefox-3-issue-with-dragging/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Joshua Lock Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:12:48 +0000 http://www.catburton.co.uk/blog/?p=15#comment-11 Hmm, weird. Nothing obvious on the Mozilla Bugzilla: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Firefox&version=3.0+Branch&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=drag&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&resolution=DUPLICATE&resolution=---&op_sys=Mac+OS+X&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=" rel="nofollow">basic search for drag on FF3 Mac</a>. You could possibly try some other terms? Maybe try searching the <a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+Support+Home+Page" rel="nofollow">Firefox support knowledge base</a>. One thing that might be worth trying is backup your bookmarks then delete (or move, so that FF can't find it) your Firefox configuration directory. It's probably somewhere like ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox or somewhere like that (it's ~/.mozilla/firefox on Linux) in your Library folder. It's possible that something is screwy with your config and temporarily moving this folder is an easy way to test that. Hmm, weird.
Nothing obvious on the Mozilla Bugzilla:
basic search for drag on FF3 Mac. You could possibly try some other terms?

Maybe try searching the Firefox support knowledge base.

One thing that might be worth trying is backup your bookmarks then delete (or move, so that FF can’t find it) your Firefox configuration directory.
It’s probably somewhere like ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox
or somewhere like that (it’s ~/.mozilla/firefox on Linux) in your Library folder. It’s possible that something is screwy with your config and temporarily moving this folder is an easy way to test that.

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