Question about firefox

[jerry]

David N. Lombard wrote:
> jerry wrote:
>   
>> I am running Kubuntu 8.04 and using firefox 3.0.14 and have a sometimes 
>> intermittent problem with firefox. I have over 1 GB ram and a P4 cpu.
>> It usually happens intermittently and repairs itself, but the only way 
>> that I can reproduce the problem consistently is to go to the website 
>> http://www.picnik.com/
>> and try to upload a photo. The site says that it is compatible with 
>> linux. When I upload a photo (actually a jpg that I use for a wallpaper) 
>> it uploads the jpg and very soon firefox turn black and white and shades 
>> of gray and locks up. I have to kill firefox, but all other programs are 
>> not affected. I have tried to do it in firefox safe-mode (all addons 
>> disabled) and the problem still occurs. I have pasted the end of dmesg 
>> at the bottom of the post but it does not appear relevant to me.
>> Appreciate any ideas about what is going on and how to correct it.
>>     
>
> Wowsers.  Didn't get the color show, but it did lock up Firefox. :)
> No clue why, it wasn't due to excessive CPU demand.  Try "Report Broken 
> Web Site..." under FF's Help menu. They may be able to figure out what 
> happened.
>
> Curious about their claim of Linux compatibility, as FF would be the 
> expected vehicle.
>
> In any event, what are you trying to do?  ImageMagick is an outstanding 
> tool, usable from the command line via the convert utility or from 
> various programming languages--I use Image::Magick with Perl extensively 
> to create label's for my wife's business.
>
>   
I have had the loss of color problem intermittently and it usually self 
corrects after 10-15 seconds. I had been ignoring the problem because 1. 
it is so hard to pin down an intermittent, and 2. it is a minor 
annoyance. Someone asked me about this website and since it produced a 
repeatable problem I thought I would try to find a solution.
Also on my part there was no increase in cpu or memory usage.
I was not aware of the Broken Website option. I sent the report and wait 
to see what happens.
Thanks for your help.
Jerry