Re: Reproducible crash on BBC news web site

On 27 Aug 2018 David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

> In message <a33b0c2d57.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
> David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

>>In message <2932b62c57.tigger@bc63.orpheusinternet.co.uk>
>> Nick Roberts <tigger@orpheusinternet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>In message <e538402c57.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
>>> David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To my surprise, there is a 100% reproducible crash when visiting a
>>>> URL on the BBC news web site. Reported as Mantis issue 2611, with
>>>> crash dump supplied.
>>>>
>>>> Happens with 4436 and 4433. I'll try some earlier versions to see
>>>> if I can find a point of introduction.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>>URL?
>>>
>>>The obvious one (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/) works OK for me (4437 on
>>>Titanium).
>>>
>>>In case it was a Javascript thing, I tried with an without "Disable
>>>Javascript) and it worked (or at least, didn't crash) in either case.
>>
>>I reported the URL in the Mantis case. Vince added a note to the
>>effect that it is a JS thing - turn JS off, no crash.
>>
>>I still think it's unfortunate that a bit of JS can cause NS to crash.

> I can confirm that it is resolved in build 4445. My thanks to Vince
> and Michael.

Thanks from me too. The formatting still isn't great, but the images are
now a lot sharper.

Best wishes,

Peter Young.

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