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Mozilla is a fascinating project and is turning into a terrific browser. Unfortunately at this stage in the process it still needs a lot of polish. Below are some tools for tracking and logging bugs and a list of the bugs that most interest me. You can Get Involved, too.
I download and test the nightly builds fairly regularly since I'm developing a DHTML Web-based application for it. I was very happy when they added the JavaScript console, even if you had to get to it in a new way. :-) If you're interested in testing Mozilla, check out the buildbar comments at MozillaZine.
Note: With Mozilla you can also modify these to be Custom Keywords so you'd just type "bug " and a bug number in the location bar and it will show the bug in Bugzilla. (Replace the document.getSelection() with %s) Very Cool!
I've reported a number of bugs in Mozilla. When reporting bugs, make sure that you can reproduce it in a recent nightly build and include as much information as necessary to reproduce it. There's more information if you want to help the bug testers.
It's best for beginners to use the Bugzilla Helper to log bugs.
Bug # | Summary |
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10239 | [RFE] When cycling through bookmarks the bookmarks url should display in the status bar I gotta admit this is a bug that's irked me since they broke it going from Netscape 3 to 4. I know Netscape 4 displays the URL for bookmarks when you view them from the Communicator - Bookmarks menu (not drop down button), but it should do it everywhere. IE5 finally got it right, too. I hope they fix Mozilla! |
18574 | are there plans to implement MNG (Animated PNG images)? Burn all GIFs! I've been a fan of PNG (MNG's basically PNG) since I first read about it in Dr Dobb's Journal back in Jul 95. I'd love to have animated PNGs with true alpha. Yes! |
20318 | Vertical & horizontal scrollbars disapper if window too small It looks like there's a minimum window size. Ick. Still trying to get my test case fixed. See my report in bug 36338. |
23460 | Bookmarks URL should show in status bar at mouseover of menuitem This is likely a duplicate of 10239 described above. I don't care how they fix it, just fix it! I want to see the URL of my bookmarks. It looks like tooltips work for the personal toolbar, which is a start. |
23508 | Cookie confirmation dialog should show all data I almost always browse with Netscape set to prompt before accepting cookies. It's of no use to get prompts if you don't know what's in the cookie. Duh. |
34297 | form controls with style="display:none;" unsuccesssful This prevents some of my DHTML-enhanced forms from working correctly. :-( |
49334 | [RFE] Implement gopher: protocol support I'm interested in this mainly for historical reasons. It'd be nice for Mozilla to support protocols that previous browsers and competing (IE) browsers support. Why gopher matters is described in the Gopher Manifesto. (Not accessible with Mozilla yet) |
59748 | 'javascript:' does not open javascript console window This used to really bother me, but now that the JavaScript console is available from the Tasks menu, I don't care so much. Still a little annoying not having similar behavior when I've been testing with other browser platforms. I was originally watching bug 4263. |
Bug # | Summary |
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16806 | Netscape 4 had horrible problems. The "fix" made to this bug isn't perfect, but way better than Netscape's behavior. Putting a marker in the text would be better than using pixel offsets. |
20760 | Haven't used underlined links for 4 years, probably because I ran into David Siegel's Web Wonk site long ago and read his comments on typography and underlining. I can't see any reason why I'd want underlined links now. At least you can work around it by having a user.css file in {profile dir}/chrome/ that turns off underlining. |
26029 | downloading file window cannot be minimized I apparently always start downloads and then minimize them so I can keep surfing. This was driving me crazy. |
30221 | This was an annoying one. Made me aware that I almost never use the mouse in this dialog; I always tab to the password field. |
31818 | This was a real show stopper for a bookmarklet fan, er, addict like me. It basically amounted to javascript bookmarklets not being able to access the currently loaded page. Most of my bookmarklets work with selected text, so this was a big problem. |
35681 | The only reason I care about this is because I hate horizontal scrolling when it shouldn't be necessary. I had a simple page with a horizontal rule sized larger than the window and it wrapped all the text to the size of the rule. Not the behavior of earlier browsers, to say the least. See my report in bug 36338 |
38820 | Ugly, but easy to work around. |
55460 | It drove me crazy that my bookmarklets wouldn't work because they'd show a hidden dialog (resulting in Mozilla basically locking up). I'm glad this one if fixed! |
57239 | In DHTML it's not uncommon to hide or show a section based on clicking a radio button. This wasn't working because multiple radio buttons could be set to true. Now I have the dilemma of what to do since NS6 does not have the fix, but Mozilla does. |
61773 | Since I created the bug, I guess I voted for it. :-) This will help developers distinguish the importance of a JavaScript console message. |
70682 | Wow. This is about the most annoying thing in Nav4 if you browse with new windows all the time like I do. Glad it's fixed in Mozilla! |
I'm including this because it took forever to complete the bugzilla query for bugs I added comments to and I was really curious. I doubt anyone else cares. It was current as of Feb 16, 2001. Some of these are duplicates from above. The description tells what I did with the bug. Maybe this will help me with BugAThon?
Bug # | Summary |
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4263 | no JS console after javascript: error and typing in Location bar Added comment about this bug being reborn as bug 59748 |
10239 | [RFE] When cycling through bookmarks the bookmarks url shoul Added comment about this being supported in Communicator Bookmark menu in NS4. |
18726 | [feature] Long-click means of invoking contextual menus not Marked bug 62122 as a duplicate of this one. |
21081 | [feature] A way to force a repaint or refresh via js Added comments to try and better understand this. |
23460 | Bookmarks URL should show in status bar at mouseover of menuitem Added clarifying comment to see duplicate bug 10239. |
26029 | downloading file window cannot be minimized Added screenshot and comments to clarify which window is missing the minimize button. Also noted that bug 35046 depends on this one. |
30579 | 'Scrollbar corner' should be skinnable Added comments from bug 61609 and marked it a duplicate of this one. |
34297 | form controls with style="display: one;" unsuccessful in Mozilla Marked bug 65964 a duplicate of this one. |
35046 | [RFE] Show download progress (%) in title when minimized Added comment that this bug is dependent on bug 26029. |
35866 | Windows: Need to show progress/status strings in splash screen Added comment and offer to fix problem with image. |
36338 | text wrap problem if hr width larger than window Created the bug. Added screenshot demonstrating problem. Added comment that even though bug was marked as a duplicate and the dup was fixed, bug still exists. Told that it is now bug 20318. |
38164 | CSS2 page-break-before and page-break-after not implemented Added Mozilla1.0 keyword to propose for 1.0 release. This would be nice. |
41826 | JavaScript getElementById does not create array for Radio buttons with same name Created the "bug". I did not know about getElementsByName at the time, so this helped me learn. |
41914 | javascript console text not wrapping on reopen Created the bug. |
41919 | 4xp Javascript in location bar and bookmarks cannot access current page Created the bug. |
50424 | Run moz while moz is already running -> nothing happens Marked bug 67306 a duplicate of this one. |
50799 | cursor doesn't change for scrollbar Marked bug 61921 a duplicate of this one and added comments that the testcase in that bug may be helpful. |
54204 | Page with absolute div and inline javascript that changes an attributes doesn't paint properly on load if it has no scrollbars Added comment. |
54759 | [Modern] Javascript Console mis-skinned Added comment requesting fix be checked in to trunk since NS6 has shipped. |
55988 | hidden fields reset on back and history.go(0) Created the bug. Added testcase. Explained a workaround that also works for Netscape 4.x. |
57239 | [FIX][RBTN]Radio button onclick fires before clearing previous checked value Created the bug. Added testcase. Marked bug 62846 as a duplicate of this one. |
57772 | document.getSelection should act like copy, not html->text e-mail Added comment with a suggested approach for a fix. |
57906 | :root element grows to fit contents [BG] Added comment about the bug not being fixed on the day it was fixed. :-) |
58765 | javascript urls cause browser lockup Created the bug. |
59748 | 'javascript:' does not open javascript console window Added comment. |
60151 | back button not working after applying theme Added comments about how to consistently reproduce the bug (sort of a testcase). |
60893 | display:none affects JavaScript access to form fields Created the bug. Added testcase. Added comments. |
60921 | Radio button dots remain when unselected Added "testcases" to try and reproduce this bug. |
60969 | Radio buttons created in form with createElement cannot be marked Created the bug after observing it in writing testcases for bug 60921. Added comments from the W3 spec and RFC when it was marked invalid to show it was not invalid. |
60976 | Open Link in New Window needs offset Created the bug. |
61608 | View Source not color coded Created the bug. Added comments. I still feel this isn't a duplicate, but at least I have a colored source window using the prefs someone described in the bug. |
61609 | Background color shows through in scrollbar notch Created the bug and then marked it a duplicate of bug 30579. |
61771 | document.getSelection shouldn't cause console errors Created the bug. Added comments. |
61773 | [Classic] JavaScript console shows Errors and Warnings same way Created the bug. Added comments about how to reproduce using two javascript calls. |
61921 | Textarea scrollbars inherit cursor Marked this a duplicate of bug 50799. |
62122 | Would be nice if holding down mouse were same as control click Added comment that this is a duplicate of bug 18726. |
62209 | [rfe] show version number (& build ID) on the splash screen Added comment that bug 35866 is a related splash screen bug. |
62846 | Checking if form radio button is selected (via javascript) returns false info Added comment that this is a duplicate of bug 57239 and discussed a possible workaround for NS6 which does not have this fix. |
62880 | javascript prompt() does not select default text Created the bug. |
62933 | non-ASCII URL is not handled 'gracefully' Added comment that it WORKSFORME. |
63752 | form submission fails when submit-ing using javascript Added a testcase and comments to try and help diagnose the bug. |
64250 | <font><a href><font>: link split before second <font> Added testcase and comments to reproduce the bug. |
64415 | Button labels reset on back and history.go(0) Created the bug and added testcase. |
64676 | JavaScript Prompt could be confused for system dialog Created the bug and added testcase (in URL). |
64682 | Back button jumps left and right in Classsic theme Created the bug. |
65121 | Remove File|Exit and replace with File|Close Created the bug. |
65124 | Page up/Page down should scroll textarea Created the bug. |
65193 | onMouseOver='window.status="bar"' has no effect Resolved the bug as invalid since it matches behavior of older browsers. |
65540 | Textarea scrollbar thumbs have wrong cursors Added comment from the duplicate bug 50799. |
65964 | Setting style display none does not submit form Marked it as a duplicate of bug 34297 |
66858 | [RFE] cached style sheet not used from disk cache Added comment that this is probably a duplicate of bug 29370 (and it was indeed marked as a duplicate of that bug). |
67161 | Need 'progress' type for windows Added comment that Windows includes close buttons in many places. |
67168 | JavaScript error (access to property denied) when using javascript:document.post.submit() Marked bug 67455 a duplicate of this bug. |
67173 | Ctrl-Click to open link in new window not working Added comment that works for me (and it was eventually closed with WFM). |
67300 | chrome URLs are added to global history Added comments explaining why I didn't think that this was a bug (and it was closed as Invalid). |
67306 | While download window only one open, can't restart mozilla Marked it as a duplicate of bug 50424. |
67367 | Will not let me submit user name/passwd to hotmail Added comment about https being broken in builds around that time. |
67426 | Character entities not displayed (quirks mode) (ä nbsp; etc. Marked bug 67458 a duplicate of this bug. |
67455 | unable to login javascript error Marked it as a duplicate of bug 67168. |
67458 | non breakable spaces are being ignored Added comment and confirmed bug to New, then marked it as a duplicate of bug 67426. |
68215 | RFE: onbefore unload event Added comment agreeing with RFE and suggesting some work arounds and related bugs. |
68279 | [RFE] Better security warning about running (opening) downloaded code Added comment reminding Reporter that he was planning to add a screenshot. |
68675 | JavaScript confirm() dialog always returns true if operated Added keywords, comments, and testcase (to URL). Also suggested that this may be a duplicate of bug 67923. |
68913 | window.opener method returns object for all pages Resolved this bug as invalid after creating testcase and researching behavior of older browsers. |
68956 | Screensaver wipes out table form text fields Marked as invalid since it appears to be about Netscape 4.71. |
68960 | [Layer]JavaScript pop-ups don't work appear Added comment that this seems to be related to browser detection code. |
69035 | offsetHeight is reported wrongly Added testcase and comments suggesting that this is not a bug. |
69037 | Time Left in download window displaying nonsensical number Added comments and suggested duplicate of bug 61947. |
69043 | javascript: href mangled when charater reference is used Confirmed bug and set OS to all per comments. |
69095 | JavaScript URLs from dropdown do not replace location box Created the bug. |
Total 70 Bugs |