Firebug Lite doesn't work in IE6 when hosted with cache + gzip compression

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Firebug Lite doesn't work in IE6 when hosted with cache + gzip compression #3688

Open fbugissues opened 9 years ago

fbugissues commented 9 years ago

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 3549

To fix a bug or develop an enhancement we need:

Using IE6, go to http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite#Stable.
Add the bookmark to your favourites. Open the bookmark (on any site).
IE6 gives the JavaScript error that a '{' is expected.
Same error appears with the beta bookmark.

See attached screenshot.

What is the expected result? What do you see instead?
Expected: Firebug appears. Actual: Script error appears.

Which version of Firebug?
Firebug Lite 1.3.1

Which browser?
Internet Explorer

Which browser version?
6.0.2900.5512.xp_sp_gdr.100427-1636

On which operating system?
XP Professional 2002 (SP3)

Reported by Dennis.I.89 on 2010-10-19 14:26:44

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fbugissues commented 9 years ago

Thanks for the report, I'll investigate the issue.

Reported by pedrosimonetti on 2010-10-20 16:11:44

Labels added: Type-Defect, lite, bookmarklet

fbugissues commented 9 years ago

I'm experiencing this as well, I think it's some kind of internal IE6 caching issue.
If I append a cachebust param like 'firebug-lite.js?rnd=' + +new Date, the script loads..
but then I get path errors due to FBL's path detection logic.

Reported by rj3.cowboy on 2010-12-29 02:43:10

fbugissues commented 9 years ago

I can confirm this and the caching issue. Deleting the cached JS file from the temp
internet files solve this.

Reported by sebastian.fratini on 2011-01-10 14:51:16

fbugissues commented 9 years ago

Actually I remembered this happening to me a long time ago, but I could not fine anyone
to reproduce it and confirm its existence, so I thought it was something wrong in my
setup.

This problem happens when we use both gzip and cache on large files in IE6.

The best solution for this would be getfirebug.com to send an not-gzipped version of
the source when the request is coming from IE6.

I think I'll have to ask if this is possible to the Mozilla folks once our site is
hosted on a netscaler infrastructure.

Reported by pedrosimonetti on 2011-01-21 03:33:26

Labels added: lite1.3, lite1.4

fbugissues commented 9 years ago

Reported by pedrosimonetti on 2011-01-21 04:09:33

Status changed: Triaged

fbugissues commented 9 years ago

Changing the summary to reflect the real source of the problem

Reported by pedrosimonetti on 2011-05-11 18:52:40