I can confirm that this bug still occurs with desktop-effects on:
Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid)
Gnome/2.24.1
Firefox/3.0.3
"unchecking Allow scripts" DID NOT work for me. Firefox still resizes over and obscures both panels. However, disabling desktop-effects prevents the bug from appearing.
I can confirm that this bug still occurs with desktop-effects on:
Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid)
Gnome/2.24.1
Firefox/3.0.3
"unchecking Allow scripts" DID NOT work for me. Firefox still resizes over and obscures both panels. However, disabling desktop-effects prevents the bug from appearing.