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stev32k
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[FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

I'm having a very annoying problem when trying to view ebay pages with Firefox 3.5. The pages will have a lot of empty space in the middle of the page so that I must scroll to the right to see all the page then back again. I'm using XP Pro and have a 20" monitor.

I didn't have this glitch with earlier versions of Fx. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do about the problem?
permalink · 2009-07-04 10:19:29 · Reply to this

stev32k
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

I found the problem or rather Fast Eddie found the problem and passed it on to me. I had my font size set larger than default and that was causing a lot blank space in the pages. Sounds like a bug to me.
permalink · 2009-07-04 10:52:41 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages


Glad I could help you.

This was the problem I had »Display Problem

When setting the font size large in FireFox's preferences it fubar'd the eBay Motor ads. I put the font size back to normal and the problem went away. I think eBay changed something that adds to page displaying different when using a different font size. I found the problem only in eBay Motors though. All other auctions were fine.


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stev32k
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Mobile, AL		 My problem was not with ebay motors it was every page I tried to look at. It just started after I installed Fx 3.5. I had the font size set to 16.
permalink · 2009-07-04 13:07:51 · Reply to this

stev32k
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 OK, there's something else going on - the ebay pages are spread out again. I haven't changed anything since I reduced the font size earlier and now ebay pages will not display correctly in Fx.

I switched to IE and the pages come up like they should. Anyone have any ideas?
permalink · 2009-07-05 15:00:28 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

said by stev32k See Profile :

Anyone have any ideas?
You haven't mentioned what you did to this point, so this may be rudimentary - have you cleared out your FF cache and reloaded the pages? How about create a new FF profile and try under that one?
permalink · 2009-07-06 10:11:46 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

said by v35_pilot See Profile :

said by stev32k See Profile :

Anyone have any ideas?
You haven't mentioned what you did to this point, so this may be rudimentary - have you cleared out your FF cache and reloaded the pages? How about create a new FF profile and try under that one?
I tried all of those and in addition I just deleted all fire fox and mozilla files and folders - everything - and started over. Ebay pages still do not display correctly.

I'm now in the process of disabling all plug-ins one at a time to see if one of them is causing the problem.
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

Could you post a link to a specific auction that demonstrates this problem? Or, is it really as simple as going to any page because all of them do?
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

said by v35_pilot See Profile :

Could you post a link to a specific auction that demonstrates this problem? Or, is it really as simple as going to any page because all of them do?
All the pages do the same thing. There is a lot space that makes it necessary to scroll to the right on every page.
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

said by stev32k See Profile :

All the pages do the same thing. There is a lot space that makes it necessary to scroll to the right on every page.
Okay, just checked several pages and all are rendering in my FF 3.5 with many plug-ins installed:



Has to be interference in your install from either a plug-in?
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 Here's a screen shot of an example page. They all look like this one. There is a lot of space in the middle that should not be there. The pages display correctly when using IE.




I've disabled or uninstalled all plug-ins and extensions - that had no effect. I've completely removed all firefox and mozilla files and folders and re-installed Fx - that made Fx start-up much faster and pages load much faster, but still have the ebay display problem.

I'm running Win. XP Pro.
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

Aha! I just checked that particular auction and I, too, am experiencing what you are experiencing.

Something on that page is different than other ebay auctions (as seen in my previous screenshot).

edit - Here is the shortened link to that auction:

»is.gd/1oVUC
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

Here's a thought - it is possible that the problem is not with FF but perhaps with the non-standard HTML used by the auctioneer or the software that created that page.

I am certainly no HTML guru, but as an occasional seller on eBay I would use software to create the eBay page (to make it more flashy than the default, bland page). Occasionally I would run into issues with the HTML produced.

Maybe that page is using a non-standard, IE-specific HTML tag? I believe there are websites that can scan that webpage to see if the HTML code is standard or not. Let me try it and post back.
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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

W3C reports 368 HTML errors on that page, as seen at this shortened link of the results: »is.gd/1oWwD

I compared this to a more stripped-down, or bland eBay auction page and that page only resulted in 83 errors being reported.

Again, just a thought that one of those 368 HTML errors is the real cause of the problem and not FF?
permalink · 2009-07-06 12:26:38 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

OK, here's the same page using IE?


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Mobile, AL		 I browsed around ebay using Fx and you're right most pages are displaying correctly now. There are still a few that have the same excessive space in the middle. I guess there is nothing that can be done about that in FX.
permalink · 2009-07-06 12:39:00 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

Having the same problem. This page
»cgi.ebay.com/2-new-packs-of-PULS···94%3A100

is terrible in Firefox, but displays correctly in IE8.
permalink · 2009-07-18 14:03:44 · Reply to this

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mypacksnet: No problem with that page here on FF 3.5..............

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permalink · 2009-07-19 14:21:17 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

Thanks bandit. I went to same page today and FF displayed it fine. It is a mystery, may have been a temporary glitch on eBay. Thanks!
permalink · 2009-07-19 16:07:58 · Reply to this

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Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages

OH, OK........you bet!
permalink · 2009-07-19 16:12:33 · Reply to this

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1 edit		 Seems like I have the same problem, primarily in Ebay Motors once the page is fully loaded, most auctions, the page is too wide have to scroll to the right. Looks like the problem is the box with the tabs that say " Buyers Description, History Report, etcetera. The info that appears under these tabs in every other browser, is off to the right in Firefox. Just tried on a random computer at work and had the same problem but only with Firefox.
Looks like every Ebay Motors major auction, like from a dealer with lots of pics and info. The only pages that are normal are the simple auctions with little information.
FWIW, the page appears normal until just before it finishes loading....then the scroll bar on bottom will suddenly appear and page shifts.

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permalink · 2009-07-25 01:17:33 · Print · Reply to this

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Pacifica, CA		 No problems here on eBay rendering. Using Firefox 3.5.1
permalink · 2009-07-20 01:57:10 · Reply to this

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permalink · 2009-07-20 20:47:55 · Reply to this
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 I have had problems displaying ebay pages on and off for months, primarily ever since they started "developing" their new look and their new search "experience". I first experienced the display problems with the older Firefox, only under the "new search experience". I still have problems, most often when doing a search. I also will occasionally lose the ability to handle some javascript on ebay pages, such as "watch an item" click box. This problem would go away if I would click on my IE rendering option in FF. Then the problem went away a day later. I can't help but think that the ebay programmers are still tinkering with the code.
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 I'm not a programmer and don't understand HTML, but what seems strange to me is that the display problems are spotty. If the programming is to blame why is it only on a few pages? Does the code change that much from page to page? Or is it only one or two lines of code that cause the problem and they are not present on every page? If that is the cause it looks like someone could track the nasty little code down by determining what lines they have in common that are not present in good pages.
permalink · 2009-08-04 19:41:59 · Reply to this

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 I also get this intermittent problem of displaying eBay pages too wide in firefox. Strangely enough, IE works fine. It happens on my desktop running Vista and on my laptop running XP. It is bad enough that I have considered dropping F.F. and installing Chrome (IE had it's chance for years and will not get another).

Now that I have read these posts I think the problem lays with eBay as it only started after they upgraded to their new look. I'm not sure that they will do anything to correct this.
permalink · 2009-08-12 19:26:01 · Reply to this
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