wierd firefox issue w/ nytimes.com

[Matt Price]

On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 14:01 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 01:52:49PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> > hey folks
> > 
> > this is a little OT, but since i don't know where else to turn...
> > 
> > i've been having a little trouble with firefox for the last 2 months or
> > so.  this is running ubuntu intrepid, firefox version 3.0.6
> > +nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 .  At least one site I use a lot,
> > www.nytimes.com, renders very poorly -- I see the top banner and the
> > left column of what should be the main table, but the main body of the
> > site doesn't display at the top -- instead, I find it waaaayyyy down
> > below the very long left-hand column.  and below the first set of
> > stories, there's another loooooooong break, and then the rest of the
> > page.  I've created a new profile, and the new profile does NOT have the
> > same problem, so presumably the issue lies in my Default profile.  But4
> > I've disabled every add-in and wiped the cache without any effect.  Has
> > anyone else ever seen this problem -- and hopefully solved it?  Or if
> > not, any suggestions for a more systematic testing that isn't likely to
> > wreck my firefox setup -- I've done a fair bit of customization and
> > don't want to start from scratch.  anyway, thanks as always,
> 
> iceweasel 3.0.6 on debian lenny looks fine to me on that page.
> 
> Sounds like you have someting messed up in your user's settings for
> firefox.  Maybe a font size change, or other change that affects the
> layout.
> 
> The cache and add-ins have nothing to do with your settings.
well, i did have some addins (greasemonkey & adblock, e.g.) that can
affect layout when rendering.  but it's not them.  i don't htink it's a
font size setting either, but i'll keep checking.

m


> 
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