[FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages in Mozilla Software http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22653277 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:53:53 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:53:53 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22857369 anon : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22857369 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:26:01 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22815580 stev32k : 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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22815580 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:41:59 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22813311 mikellbro : 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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22813311 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:48:07 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22763452 steevo : 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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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22733209 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:21:17 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22729515 anon : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22729515 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:03:44 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661044 stev32k : 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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661044 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:39:00 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661018 stev32k : OK, here's the same page using IE?

[att=1]
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661018 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:34:14 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660970 v35_pilot : 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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660970 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:26:38 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660946 v35_pilot : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660946 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:21:52 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660869 v35_pilot : 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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660869 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:08:35 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660846 stev32k : 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.

[att=1]

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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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660846 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:04:51 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660832 v35_pilot :
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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660832 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:03:26 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660704 stev32k :
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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660704 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:39:54 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660647 v35_pilot : 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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660647 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:28:47 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660630 stev32k :
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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660630 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:25:47 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660263 v35_pilot :
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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660263 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:11:46 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22657370 stev32k : 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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22657370 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:00:28 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22653781 stev32k : 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. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22653781 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:07:51 EDT Re: [FireFox] display problem when viewing ebay pages http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22653396 FastEddie :
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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I didn't have this glitch with earlier versions of Fx. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do about the problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22653277 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:19:29 EDT