chromium-browser task won't expire due to other active tasks.
Mozilla report has seen no recent activity and refers to Firefox 53
Not reproducible in Firefox or Chromium
As per bug description "this bug *may* affect touch screen devices only"
NY Times website has probably undergo many changes in recent years
No reference to any Ubuntu release since 17.04, EOL was January 13, 2018.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
Ubuntu browser builds can't select text on NYTimes articles
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
New
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Note: this bug *may* affect touch screen devices only. Just a hunch.
Load an NYTimes article such as
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/science/trappist-earth-size-
planets-orbits-music.html and attempt to select some text, either via
click-and-drag or double/triple click.
Using the official Mozilla Firefox 53.0.2 build, this works as
expected. Using the Ubuntu Zesty Firefox 53.0+build6 build however,
the user can't select any text. Instead, click-and-drag scrolls some
links to other articles in from the sides, while double click resizes
the article text (equivalent touchpad and touchscreen interactions
have the same effect). Android-style tap-and-hold does nothing. Caret
Browsing also doesn't work, as the arrow keys are overridden. Only
<Ctrl>+<A> still works as expected.
There doesn't seem to be an invisible layer above the text, since the
mouse pointer changes between an arrow, finger, and I-beam cursor, and
since clicking on links works.
This inconsistency violates the Law of Least Astonishment.
Affected browsers:
* Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 64-bit touchscreen: Ubuntu Firefox 53.0+build6 with
clean profile, Ubuntu Modifications add-on only
* Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 64-bit touchscreen: Ubuntu Firefox 53.0+build6 with
clean profile and no add-ons
* Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 64-bit touchscreen: Ubuntu Chromium 58.0.3029.96
Not affected:
* Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 64-bit touchscreen: Official Mozilla Firefox 53.0.2 with
clean profile
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 32-bit: Ubuntu Firefox 53.0+build6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
* Windows XP 32-bit: Mozilla 52.0.2
Bugzilla reference:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363936
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: firefox 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2
Uname: Linux 4.11.0-041100-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20170509205512
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri May 12 07:47:00 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-02 (159 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64
(20161012.1)
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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