[vox-tech] Firefox Returns To Top, Ebay

[Jim Angstadt]

--- Ken Herron <Kherron+lugod at fmailbox.com> wrote:
<snip>

> I tried this just now with mozilla (a copy I
> compiled from source over 
> the weekend) and it worked fine. After clicking on
> an individual auction 
> and clicking back, mozilla returned to the auction
> list page and 
> positioned the view to the correct part of the page.
> 
> Note that mozilla displays the beginning of the page
> while the page is 
> being reloaded; after this is done, it scrolls the
> page to the part that 
> should be visible. Maybe your friend isn't waiting
> long enough?

I just retried with FF 0.7 and Moz 1.2 on RH9.  It did
not return to current in either case.

> 
> > This slows him down a lot.  Opening the item link
> in a
> > new tab is not any better.
> 
> Opening a link in a tab doesn't make the original
> page scroll, so I 
> presume you mean your friend just doesn't like
> tabbed browsing for some 
> reason. I find that surprising; it seems to me that
> tabbed browsing, with 
> links loading in the background, is perfect for what
> he's doing. What is 
> it that he doesn't like?

He is not against tabs.  It just was not as fast as
his IE process.  It was about as slow as scrolling
from top to current.

Jim




	
		
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