Firefox 4 strange dialogs

[Jim Byrnes]

Alan Pope wrote:
> On 1 May 2011 20:09, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> An example would be the dialog Yahoo mail pops up when you delete the last
>> message from the spam folder.
>>
>> Is anyone else seeing this and know of a fix?
>>
>
> Those are almost certainly not windows controlled by the window
> manager, so won't have the usual controls / resize grippers. They're
> probably javascript created things inside the page. You probably won't
> be able to drag them outside the confines of a non-maximised browser
> window, which confirms this.

Yes it is javascript related.

> The picture in this thread
> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/192/screenshot10z.png/ looks
> exactly like one of these.

Yes that's what I expect to see, but not what I am seeing.

> It's not a bug, but a design 'feature' of the site you're on.
>
> Al.
>

This is similar to what i see:  http://puu.sh/1Qd3

This link confirms others are seeing it also:
  http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/784856

According to that link it apparently not an Ubuntu specific issue.

Regards,  Jim