the refresh button on ebay doesn't

[Ian]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

the refresh button on ebay, that appears in the last ten minutes or so, simply does nothing. I keep missing good bargains because I click it, and it's the same as it was, and I don't realise it hasn't updated until a long time later when it seems a suspiciously long time ago that the refresh button came along on this item.

Here's a typical url for an item that has 2 mins 9 secs to go:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130212772300&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003

but I can keep clicking on the refresh button on the page for ever - it'll still say that it's 2 mins 9 secs to go.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 17 14:59:30 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Havin_it (robin-bankhead)]

I can confirm this issue on firefox-3.0 and firefox-2 (2.0.0.14). The problem appears to be due to the following JavaScript errors (from FireBug console):

Permission denied to get property Window.document
http://include.ebaystatic.com/js/e567/uk/iframebody_e5671uk.js
Line 214
Source:
function Ebay(pName)
{if(!this.objType)
this.objType="Ebay";this.base=EbayBase;this.base(parent,pName,true);this.oServer=this.oErrorManager=null;this.init=function()
{this.oDocument=new EbayDOM(this,"Document object");this.oGlobals=new EbayGlobals(this,"Global objects");this.oUtils=new EbayUtils(this,"Common functions");this.attachParent();}
this.attachParent=function()
{var doc=this.oDocument,cl=this.oGlobals.oClient,dd=doc.getQueryValue("downgradeDomain").is("true");if(dd&&!(cl.bMac&&cl.bIE))
/*** error is in following line ***/
doc.downgradeDomain();this._addControl(doc.name,doc,true);var doc=this.oDocument,wo=(window.parent!=window)?window.parent:window.opener,srch=location.search,prt=(wo&&(typeof(wo.document)!="unknown")&&(dd||doc.getQueryValue("ej2child").is("true")))?(wo.g_ebayParent||wo.g_ebPopupParent):null;var ej2p=doc.getQueryValue("ej2parent");prt=(ej2p&&prt)?prt[ej2p]:null;if(prt)
{this.parent=prt;prt._addControl(this.name,this,true);}}
this.init();}
window.ebay=new Ebay("EbayJavascript2");

ebay is not defined
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220244552946&fastrefresh=true&lastaccessed=1213912637000&lvr=0&hb=&rm=false
Line 7
Source:
    (function(){
/*** error is on following line ***/
    var oCfg = ebay.oDocument.addConfig(new EbayConfig("ViewItem.FastRefresh.Response"));
      oCfg.aDivs = [["FastVIPBIBO","FastVIPBIBO"],["DetailsCurrentBidText","DetailsCurrentBidText"],["DetailsCurrentBidValue","DetailsCurrentBidValue"],["DetailsTimeLeft","DetailsTimeLeft"],["detbidhisthibid","detbidhisthibid"],["DetailsReserve","DetailsReserve"],["FastVIDetailsBottom","FastVIDetailsBottom"],["DetailsActionMaxBid","DetailsActionMaxBid"]];
      oCfg.aReBindElements =['refresh','divrefresh','refresh1','divrefresh1','checkyourstatus_button','OutbidForm','placebid'];
    oCfg.bRedirect=false;
    oCfg.sReqUrl ="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220244552946&fastrefresh=true&lastaccessed=1213912857000&lvr=0&hb=&rm=false";
    }());

In short, not a Firefox bug, an eBay bug caused (it appears) by a Firefox security fix. Hope they fix it quickly, my gf is losing a great deal of confidence in FF as a result of this.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

most likely an extension issue. if not report broken websites using the help -> report broken website ... menu entry.