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Erratic text editing in Firefox 3.6.3 after upgrade from 2.x

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AnonymousUser
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I upgraded to Firefox 3.6.3 because of slow flash player activity, and that was not resolved (Slow CPU, Pentum SSE2 machine). Configuration still identifies browser as Mozilla 2.0.1 -- but browser is clearly upgraded version with skins and new features working, etc .

When I attempt to edit text (UTF locale, but US only or foreign doesn't matter) the cursor in the web based text edit boxes (eg: Forums) becomes mis-aligned and off by 1/2 to one character, the graphics of the character are repeatedly rendered offset from proper position causing "ghost" characters. In the rendering of Forums when not being edited, occasional characters overlap as well confusing the spelling of words. etc.

Wrong rendering does not appear in normal HTML pages, but only in ones created by standard forums software. Vbulletin, etc. The problem is especially acute on a couple of sites devoted to religious/inter-religious dialog -- problem does not exist in 2.x versions of Mozilla; but I prefer not to downgrade. 



 Application Basics



       Name

       Firefox



       Version

       3.6.3



       Profile Directory



         Open Containing Folder



       Installed Plugins



         about:plugins



       Build Configuration



         about:buildconfig



 Extensions



       Name



       Version



       Enabled



       ID



 Modified Preferences



     Name



     Value



       accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar

       0



       accessibility.typeaheadfind.prefillwithselection

       false



       accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout

       20000



       accessibility.warn_on_browsewithcaret

       false



       browser.history_expire_days.mirror

       180



       browser.history_expire_days_min

       30



       browser.places.importBookmarksHTML

       false



       browser.places.importDefaults

       false



       browser.places.leftPaneFolderId

       -1



       browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations

       false



       browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion

       2



       browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri

       false



       browser.startup.homepage

       about:blank



       browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone

       rv:1.9.2.3



       browser.tabs.loadInBackground

       false



       dom.disable_open_during_load

       false



       extensions.lastAppVersion

       3.6.3



       font.language.group

       he



       font.name.monospace.he

       SBL Hebrew



       font.name.sans-serif.he

       SBL Hebrew



       font.name.serif.he

       SBL Hebrew



       general.useragent.extra.firefox

       Firefox/2.0.1



       general.useragent.locale

       en-jp



       network.cookie.prefsMigrated

       true



       places.last_vacuum

       1275045996



       print.print_printer

       magicolor



       ... printer settings edited out for brevity....



       privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies

       false



       privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps

       true



       privacy.cpd.cookies

       false



       privacy.item.offlineApps

       true



       privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs

       true



       security.enable_java

       false



       security.warn_viewing_mixed

       false

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== I upgraded from a firefox 2.x version to 3.6.3

I upgraded to Firefox 3.6.3 because of slow flash player activity, and that was not resolved (Slow CPU, Pentum SSE2 machine). Configuration still identifies browser as Mozilla 2.0.1 -- but browser is clearly upgraded version with skins and new features working, etc . When I attempt to edit text (UTF locale, but US only or foreign doesn't matter) the cursor in the web based text edit boxes (eg: Forums) becomes mis-aligned and off by 1/2 to one character, the graphics of the character are repeatedly rendered offset from proper position causing "ghost" characters. In the rendering of Forums when not being edited, occasional characters overlap as well confusing the spelling of words. etc. Wrong rendering does not appear in normal HTML pages, but only in ones created by standard forums software. Vbulletin, etc. The problem is especially acute on a couple of sites devoted to religious/inter-religious dialog -- problem does not exist in 2.x versions of Mozilla; but I prefer not to downgrade. Application Basics Name Firefox Version 3.6.3 Profile Directory Open Containing Folder Installed Plugins about:plugins Build Configuration about:buildconfig Extensions Name Version Enabled ID Modified Preferences Name Value accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0 accessibility.typeaheadfind.prefillwithselection false accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout 20000 accessibility.warn_on_browsewithcaret false browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180 browser.history_expire_days_min 30 browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false browser.places.importDefaults false browser.places.leftPaneFolderId -1 browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2 browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri false browser.startup.homepage about:blank browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.3 browser.tabs.loadInBackground false dom.disable_open_during_load false extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.3 font.language.group he font.name.monospace.he SBL Hebrew font.name.sans-serif.he SBL Hebrew font.name.serif.he SBL Hebrew general.useragent.extra.firefox Firefox/2.0.1 general.useragent.locale en-jp network.cookie.prefsMigrated true places.last_vacuum 1275045996 print.print_printer magicolor ... printer settings edited out for brevity.... privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies false privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps true privacy.cpd.cookies false privacy.item.offlineApps true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true security.enable_java false security.warn_viewing_mixed false == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I upgraded from a firefox 2.x version to 3.6.3

Chosen solution

Your UserAgent string in Firefox is probably messed up by another program that you installed, and the addons website doesn't know you are running Firefox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Agent

type about:config in the URL bar and hit Enter If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page. Filter = general.useragent. Right-click the preferences that are bold, one line at a time, and select Reset, Then restart Firefox.

No comment about your other problems.

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the-edmeister
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Chosen Solution

Your UserAgent string in Firefox is probably messed up by another program that you installed, and the addons website doesn't know you are running Firefox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Agent

type about:config in the URL bar and hit Enter If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page. Filter = general.useragent. Right-click the preferences that are bold, one line at a time, and select Reset, Then restart Firefox.

No comment about your other problems.

judgfcv
judgfcv
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As to the suggestion above, there's no possibility to "Reset" - the filed is grayed out and cannot be selected.

This is very annoying - you type some text and then the cursor is just gone to nirvana. If one tries to place it somewhere, it appears elsewhere, but one can edit the text at the location chosen by the mouse click.

Happens to me in the moment just for some ms-online web access to my Email. However, the problem does not occur with Safari.

Cheers, jk