Comment 195 for bug 263435

(In reply to comment #194)
> In Firefox 3, clicking a different tab does not unfocus a plugin. While
> probably a good thing, the presence of this bug means that the following
> scenario is now possible:
>
> - Open a tab with a plugin, eg YouTube.
> - Click a different tab with the mouse.
> - Do some work in the different tab.
> - Attempt to Ctrl+Tab to another random tab.
> - Get stuck on the YouTube tab, because as soon as you're on it the flash
> player gets focus, and eats up all subsequent Ctrl+Tab's.
>
> This is a worse behaviour than in Firefox 2, because previously bug 78414 only
> affected you if you were actually using a tab with a plugin, but now it can
> affect you even if you're using two tabs with no plugins on them at all.
>

You forgot the last step, which would be "switch back to IE7 telling that the new browser you're recommending is not working properly".

I'm not making this comment in order to make anyone nervous, this is just what happened to me today when I was trying to convince people to switch to FF 3 (mostly that we're trying to reach a record nowadays!). Having people convinced for half an hour, then seeing them switch back to the original product + telling their friend that this new product I'm recommending is not working is really making things though.

So please...

S. Ali Tokmen
http://ali.tokmen.com/