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Re:Requirements for Japanese Text Layout by o11c on Sunday February 25, 2024 @03:08PM (#39504261)
Hm, I'm having a weird and interesting issue with this website.

I'm using Firefox ESR with the (recommended) Auto Tab Discard [1] extension to save memory for idle background tabs. Unlike prior extensions AFAIU this should be using largely native browser code paths.

When I return to the jlreq page after it has idled out, all the Japanese text comes back and the "English" button is inoperative until I click one of the other language options.

Whose bug is this?

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc...

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Re:Requirements for Japanese Text Layout by mjevans on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:48PM (#39506838)
I have no proof, but I suspect it's a firefox bug, as I've noticed other behavior that seems a LOT like: some process forces a tab to reload, but that trigger isn't fed to plugins (E.G. Dark Reader, and pages that are unexpectedly blindingly bright).

ATD might be useful as a way of triggering this behavior more reliably by exercising the discard and reload tabs.

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