Comments on: Firefox 3: Why do I love thee? The third way. http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/ Bits on the rampage: Eric Shepherd's blog. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:55 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82390 sheppy Fri, 16 May 2008 18:59:45 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82390 Yes, it was a Mac-only bug. Yes, it was a Mac-only bug.

]]> By: Jonah Dempcy http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82385 Jonah Dempcy Fri, 16 May 2008 17:28:14 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82385 Curious about this Fx2 issue. Which platform does it occur on? The screenshot is from Mac so I'm led to believe it's a Mac-only issue. Is that correct? I was working on a site that had an opacity fade in of some text and we noticed a nasty issue in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows. Whenever ClearType was turned on, the text would be illegible unless the opacity was set to 1. Basically as soon as it started fading (even if the opacity is set to 0.99) it would appear as though the text were printed multiple times on top of itself at a slight offset. Absolutely unreadable and not at all the desired "clean fade" effect we were going for! Curious about this Fx2 issue. Which platform does it occur on? The screenshot is from Mac so I’m led to believe it’s a Mac-only issue. Is that correct?

I was working on a site that had an opacity fade in of some text and we noticed a nasty issue in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows. Whenever ClearType was turned on, the text would be illegible unless the opacity was set to 1. Basically as soon as it started fading (even if the opacity is set to 0.99) it would appear as though the text were printed multiple times on top of itself at a slight offset. Absolutely unreadable and not at all the desired “clean fade” effect we were going for!

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82358 sheppy Sat, 10 May 2008 01:05:48 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82358 I've installed ViewSourceWith... I'll have to experiment with it for a while to see what I think of it. I’ve installed ViewSourceWith… I’ll have to experiment with it for a while to see what I think of it.

]]> By: Smokey Ardisson http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82357 Smokey Ardisson Fri, 09 May 2008 21:14:03 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82357 The bug was caused by certain non-Apple (usually Windows) TrueType fonts, which is why most people never had the problem. The font rewrite was long-overdue, and it's definitely nice to be rid of font code that dated back to Mac OS 8 :P and all the random, bizarre bugs it caused. The bug was caused by certain non-Apple (usually Windows) TrueType fonts, which is why most people never had the problem. The font rewrite was long-overdue, and it’s definitely nice to be rid of font code that dated back to Mac OS 8 :P and all the random, bizarre bugs it caused.

]]> By: Jason Orendorff http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82356 Jason Orendorff Fri, 09 May 2008 20:47:02 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82356 I heartily recommend ViewSourceWith. Firefox's textbox isn't bad, but it's no Emacs. I heartily recommend ViewSourceWith. Firefox’s textbox isn’t bad, but it’s no Emacs.

]]> By: dafi http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82355 dafi Fri, 09 May 2008 17:50:06 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82355 Using <a>ViewSourceWith</a> to edit textboxes?? ;) Using ViewSourceWith to edit textboxes?? ;)

]]> By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82354 sheppy Fri, 09 May 2008 15:17:40 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82354 Yeah, most people never had that problem, but I could always repeat it 100% of the time on every computer I used. It was really weird. Yeah, most people never had that problem, but I could always repeat it 100% of the time on every computer I used. It was really weird.

]]> By: marcoos http://www.bitstampede.com/2008/05/09/firefox-3-wh-do-i-love-thee-3/comment-page-1/#comment-82352 marcoos Fri, 09 May 2008 14:57:08 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/?p=364#comment-82352 Strange, I never had such problems in Fx 2... :) Strange, I never had such problems in Fx 2… :)

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