Nabble permalink offered in WebKit is not wholly reliable, and differs from resulting URL in Firefox

[Graham Perrin]

At <http://chandlerproject.org/Journal/GrahamPerrin20090111> | Benefits of using Nabble

I offered an example of a permalink.

The example given was <http://n2.nabble.com/Understanding-and-housekeeping-weeding-%281%29-binary_backup.tgz-%282%29-backup.chex-%283%29-date-time-stamped-.chex-files-%284%29-__repository__.*-directories-tp2109816p2139702.html>, copied from the permalink dialogue of a message posted on 10th January.

In Firefox 3.0.5 on Mac OS X 10.5.6, the permalink seems to work as expected.

In Safari and other WebKit-based browsers, including WebKit-SVN-r39790 (nightly), the results of the permalink are unpredictable, at least in Classic view.

If I copy the URL from the address bar of Firefox, the result is distinctly different (this type of thing rings a bell, sorry if I'm duplicating an earlier report):

<http://n2.nabble.com/Understanding-and-housekeeping-weeding-(1)-binary_backup.tgz-(2)-backup.chex-(3)-date-time-stamped-.chex-files-(4)-__repository__.*-directories-td2109816.html#a2139702>.

If this is a bug in WebKit, might there be an interim workaround in Nabble?

TIA
Graham

[Graham Perrin]

Some screen shots:

Firefox scrolls down to a proper place:


An approximation of the point to which Safari should scroll:


The (wrong) point to which Safari actually scrolls:


If it's relevant: in Safari security preferences I am allowing all cookies.

(In the page originally mentioned, I now use an example permalink that seems to be less prone to errors in WebKit: <http://n2.nabble.com/Another-proposal-and-mock-up-tp2016904p2108365.html>.)

[Graham Perrin]

Graham Perrin wrote

The example given was <http://n2.nabble.com/Understanding-and-housekeeping-weeding-%281%29-binary_backup.tgz-%282%29-backup.chex-%283%29-date-time-stamped-.chex-files-%284%29-__repository__.*-directories-tp2109816p2139702.html> … 

Now using Safari 4 Public Beta (5528.16) on Mac OS X, the example above is still bugged, but only in Classic view. Scrolling occurs, but not far enough:

— should scroll to the message on 10th January
— actually scrolls to around 7th January.

Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP Service Pack 3 seems OK with this one.