[OSM-talk] JOSM WMS plugin, Y!, and firefox 3

[Tom Hughes]

2008/5/15 Ludwig <ludwigbrinckmann at gmail.com>:

> I think it is said somewhere (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/YWMS):
>
> If you are using Firefox 3, as your main browser, YWMS will not work for
> some reason. You must install a copy of Firefox 2, and use that instead.
> However, if Firefox 3 is already running it will use that window instead. To
> open both versions at the same time, use the -profile switch to open the
> profile manager. "firefox-2 -P" should work for Linux.
>
> If you set the path for firefox to the version 2 (which is usually still
> there if you install FF3) it will open FF2 for the connection unless FF3 is
> running. I tend to close FF3 when I use the plugin and then it works, albeit
> sometimes only after the second try.

I've tracked the breakage down to the fix for
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379015 which seems to
have removed support for MOZ_FORCE_PAINT_AFTER_ONLOAD as a side
effect.

It's not immediately clear from the bug details that there is any
replacement - my best guess at the moment is that there is but that it
can only be activated programmatically, and possible only in debug
builds.

Tom

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