[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 41551] New: inconsistent rendering of ASP generated pages (or is it Microsoft's fault, again?)

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41551

           Summary: inconsistent rendering of ASP generated pages (or is
                    it Microsoft's fault, again?)
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh Intel
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.6
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Layout and Rendering
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: SandorL at gmail.com


Created an attachment (id=60422)
 --> (https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=60422)
This is the archive of the web page resulting from the ASP query.

Hi,

I have serious doubts about Microsoft Internet technologies, but here is my finding anyway.

I need to use a web app built on ASP. As I could not script the communication with website, esp. "actions" (giving commands), because I could not reverse engineer the browser's ASP queries, I started on GUI scripting. As bad as it sounds, I made some progress automating some tab and enter keystrokes — but as some actions were not available that way (WebKit/Safari skips the link while it cycles through all the rest…), I even scripted mouse clicks.

And then I found out that the very same ASP queries (e.g. exact same searches on the website) result in different rendering of the resulting table (wider/narrower), which needless to say, breaks my careful mouse click coordination. Apart from my travails, I also got curious whether this is some lame functioning of ASP, of WebKit itself does something differently each time around.

I am sorry that I am not able to describe the whole process in more detail, I am no web designer nor programmer, but I have archived the web page resulting from the query (attached), if that helps. I guess application data and resources encrypted won't help much though.

Thank you for looking into this,

Laszlo

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