Firefox is Swapping in "__LongTerm__" for Long URLs

[stuartmcdonald]

I've come across an issue where Firefox is swapping in "__LongTerm__" in replacement of long text that would otherwise distort a webpage. For example imagine a narrow DIV layout that contains a very long URL that would push the DIV out. In cases like this Firefox replaces the URL with "__LongTerm__". You can see the real URL by viewing source, but there's otherwise no way to see the real URL.

Any suggestions on how to override/remove this from Firefox?

I'm using Firefox 3.0.3: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Tks

[Receptional Andy]

I have no idea, although a bit of searching found (rare) reports of the same thing occurring in both Safari and Chrome, so perhaps not a browser thing specifically?

[stuartmcdonald]

It happens for me in Firefox (above-mentioned version) and Chrome but not IE. I can't test on Safari.

It is a new thing, as pasted URLs breaking some of my page layouts is a common thing -- and I never saw this before this morning.

[jdMorgan]

> I can't test on Safari.

Be aware that Safari is available for Windows platforms as well.

Jim

[tedster]

I have no answer yet, but I can confirm that it happens in Opera 9.52 and also has managed to sneak into Google Search results, although at a rather low level.

[jdMorgan]

Too many different browsers involved... Time for everyone to pitch in and tell us what OS, firewall, anti-virus, and "internet security" programs they've got running. Anyone notice a recent update to one of these?

Jim

[stuartmcdonald]

The only s'ware I've updated recently was the Firefox upgrade to 3.0.3.

OS is XP SP3.

My gut feeling is this is an "enhancement" related to the Firefox upgrade.

[Swanny007]

I saw that on my site and it freaked me out the other day. I was trying to figure it out because I didn't update my forum software lately and when I did a Google search I didn't see any definite answer on what was causing it. Thanks.