I tested on Windows 2003 with nightly builds of 29/08/2005.
Bug still present in Firefox 1.0.6 from the 2005-08-29-06-aviary1.0.1 directory
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050829
Firefox/1.0.6
Bug not present in Deer Park Alpha 2 from the 2005-08-29-06-mozilla1.8 directory
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050829
Firefox/1.0+
Bug not present in Deer Park Alpha 2 from the 2005-08-29-07-trunk directory
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050829
Firefox/1.6a1
So my conclusion is that for the fix you need a high enough rv number (at least
1.8?), regardless of the Gecko version.
I tested on Windows 2003 with nightly builds of 29/08/2005.
Bug still present in Firefox 1.0.6 from the 2005-08- 29-06-aviary1. 0.1 directory
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050829
Firefox/1.0.6
Bug not present in Deer Park Alpha 2 from the 2005-08- 29-06-mozilla1. 8 directory
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050829
Firefox/1.0+
Bug not present in Deer Park Alpha 2 from the 2005-08-29-07-trunk directory
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050829
Firefox/1.6a1
So my conclusion is that for the fix you need a high enough rv number (at least
1.8?), regardless of the Gecko version.