Bug 13997 – iGoogle renders incorrecctly

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WORKSFORME
• Component: Layout and Rendering

[Mike Aizatsky]

It starts OK, and then moves the first row up. See the attached screenshot.

[Mike Aizatsky]

Created attachment 14861 [details]
problem screenshot

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

Thanks for the bug report, Mike!  This screenshot doesn't look like the default iGoogle.  What did you do to add the background image?

Also, did you test this using shipping Safari, or a nightly WebKit build?  http://nightly.webkit.org/

[Mike Aizatsky]

This is the latest build. Looks like it was working OK a couple of builds ago.

To change image you should just select a Beach theme.

[Mike Aizatsky]

I've just checked 8 latest builds and all of them have this problem. Since I upgrade quite regularly I must assume that Google has changed something in their iGoogle code.

Please not that shipping Safari doesn't have this problem.

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> To change image you should just select a Beach theme.

I switched to the Beach theme and set my zip code (with all the default widgets in the default location), but still can't reproduce the issue.  (Does it only happen at certain times of the day--since the beach theme changes throughout the day?)

Which widgets do you have installed in which locations?  It may be easiest to save a webarchive (using a Nightly build) and attach it to this bug for further reduction.

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

I'm also still getting this lame "To rearrnge your page, drag and drop the title bars." message below the "Google Search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons, which is about the height of the title bars on the widgets.  I wonder if that "disappearing" would cause the issue?

[Mike Aizatsky]

David, I would like to attach a webarchive if there's a way to hide it from everyone - I'm afraid it might contain sensitive information.

[Mike Aizatsky]

> (Does it only
> happen at certain times of the day--since the beach theme changes throughout
> the day?)

It happens to me through the whole day.

> Which widgets do you have installed in which locations?  It may be easiest to
> save a webarchive (using a Nightly build) and attach it to this bug for further
> reduction.

left column: gmail & calendar,
middle: google reader,
left: wikipedia search, search history, delicios bookmarks.

[Mike Aizatsky]

> I'm also still getting this lame "To rearrnge your page, drag and drop the
> title bars." message below the "Google Search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons,
> which is about the height of the title bars on the widgets.  I wonder if that
> "disappearing" would cause the issue?

I don't see any of these messages. 

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

Created attachment 14864 [details]
Beach header with instructional message

This is the screen shot with the header message displayed about how to move items around the page.

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

I added the widgets from Comment #8 (and I left the default ones below the added ones), but I still don't see the rendering issue.

Mike, when the page loads, does it look okay initially and then a layout near the end of the page load causes this?  Or do the title bars on the top row always look like this?

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #7)
> David, I would like to attach a webarchive if there's a way to hide it from
> everyone - I'm afraid it might contain sensitive information.

There's no way to do this on Bugzilla.  The best thing to do is to create a "Radar" bug on https://bugreport.apple.com/, then upload the webarchive to that bug.  This bug will only be visible to internal employees with permissions to view the bug.  If you don't have an ADC membership, you may create a free "online" ADC account using https://connect.apple.com/.  Please mention this Bugzilla bug in the Radar bug, and mention the radar bug number here when you've filed it.  Thanks!

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #8)
> left column: gmail & calendar,
> middle: google reader,
> left: wikipedia search, search history, delicios bookmarks.

How long is the "google reader" widget?  Is it longer than any of the others when it renders?  Does it resize after the page is loaded (e.g., after it loads its content)?

[Mike Aizatsky]

David,

I've submitted both the web archive & a screencast of behaviour to radar. Bug ID# 5253133.

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

<rdar://problem/5253133>

[Mike Aizatsky]

Starting from today I can no longer reproduce this bug.

[Robert Blaut]

So it's supposed to be marked as WORKSFORME