# Background rectangles out-of-place in Firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269 "2018-01-17T09:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/1 "2018-01-17T09:16:24Z")
It’s since about a week that, using Firefox, I see this: ![immagine](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/8/8577d9253e5822f8100367516ec07a2fed78585a.png) while the same page, with Chrome, is perfect as it should be: ![immagine](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/e/e21fb5e3b1bcd79308a332235cb3ae0989d1891e.png) I have noticed that, in Firefox, if I zoom in, then zoom out once, everything returns fine. Until I click on any topic, and the new page loads with the issue again. My current Firefox version is 57.0.4 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/2 "2018-01-17T10:02:38Z")
Yes, I also noticed and pointed this out already. [https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/what-is-and-isnt-spam/2258/46](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/what-is-and-isnt-spam/2258/46) > [@Thimbleweed Park Ending Praise Thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-ending-praise-thread/2233/60): > > Oh btw am I the only one who right now seems to have these weird colored stripes across every thread name in the list of new threads on the right hand site of the homepage?!?! > No, you are not the only one. 🙂 Looks like the CSS is messed up: The stripes are not under the corresponding texts anymore. Maybe @eviltrout can help? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/3 "2018-01-17T10:11:40Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > Firefox version is 57.0.4 Same with Firefox ESR. ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/4 "2018-01-17T11:13:56Z")
Since about Sunday the whole menu has been completely overlapped and almost unusable for me. This is using an iphone with Safari and ios 11.1.2 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/1/1a454693cf6d70f00b55576c7ce8f21e1696ac0f.png) If i turn it landscape it’s slightly better. I wonder why they changed it. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/5 "2018-01-17T11:16:20Z")
This looks like the new topic “+” button was a tiny envelope and the Shizoid Man was anxiously peaking out of it. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/6 "2018-01-17T11:28:10Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > This looks like the new topic “+” button was a tiny envelope and the Shizoid Man was anxiously peaking out of it. 😂 And it’s now official: I’m Off-topic. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/7 "2018-01-17T11:30:39Z")
Well we´ve been waiting for this issue to be resolved for almost a week now… ---
**Author:** ![uriel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/uriel/32/1340_2.png) [@uriel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/uriel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/8 "2018-01-17T13:59:08Z")
Chrome doesn’t have that issue, however the color scheme is messed up (also since a week ago or so. For example the color font on this menu: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/b/b531ea0767512ba9d60f1abec9c5248ae28b5f97.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/9 "2018-01-17T14:24:24Z")
Confirmed. Even in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/eviltrout/32/6_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/10 "2018-01-17T15:49:51Z")
I’m not sure if this is thimbleweedpark specific or not, but I’ve asked the team to look into it. ---
**Author:** ![RonGilbert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/rongilbert/32/7_2.png) [@RonGilbert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/RonGilbert)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/11 "2018-01-17T16:03:05Z")
I’ve made no changes to the site in months. If this is new, it’s probably not something I did. ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/eviltrout/32/6_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/12 "2018-01-17T16:04:08Z")
It looks like we’ve identified a problem, and a fix will be deployed shortly. ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/eviltrout/32/6_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/13 "2018-01-17T17:38:44Z")
Okay, it should be fixed now. Sorry everyone! ---
**Author:** ![LogicDeLuxe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/logicdeluxe/32/15335_2.png) [@LogicDeLuxe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LogicDeLuxe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/14 "2018-01-17T17:52:04Z")
Looks fine now.👍 What caused it? And how was it fixed? ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/eviltrout/32/6_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/15 "2018-01-17T18:06:15Z")
I’m not sure what caused the recent regresion, but we’ve been actively working on cleaning up our CSS and replacing our drop downs with simpler code. The fix is here: > ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/16 "2018-01-17T19:01:05Z")
Yay! It’s back to normal for me… Thank you very much, sir! ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/17 "2018-01-17T21:07:42Z")
OK, it’s all working fine for me, too. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/18 "2018-01-17T21:44:38Z")
Not sure what worries me more: a bug like this going unnoticed for so long, or that this forum was affected (and is now fixed) even though the latest discourse release is 6 days old. Who’d run essential, mission-critical software such as this community board in an uncontrollably changing environment? And why? Does nobody think about us users? ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/eviltrout/32/6_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/19 "2018-01-18T17:43:46Z")
The bug wasn’t noticed because on Chrome/Safari/iOS/Android it was fine, which is the majority of our users. We run thousands of forums so usually when something breaks we hear about it quickly. We have test harnesses for things like server side APIs breaking, user interfaces not loading and other critical pieces of infrastructure, but if something just displays a little screwy on Firefox it’s harder to catch with automated testing. Regressions are a normal part of software development. The alternative is to never update your software. We prefer to update frequently and fix bugs quickly once we’re aware of them (which we did in this case.) ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/background-rectangles-out-of-place-in-firefox/2269/20 "2018-01-18T20:35:19Z")
> [@eviltrout](#): > > The bug wasn’t noticed because on Chrome/Safari/iOS/Android it was fine, which is the majority of our users. I keep forgetting that the stalwarts of Firefox are the minority these days ☹ . So I guess the explanation is that this forum is hosted directly by Discourse (in contrast to a local installation). I didn’t suspect that. > [@eviltrout](#): > > Regressions are a normal part of software development. The alternative is to never update your software. Oh, I’m not too worried about regressions (or entirely new bugs), and in case of this forum there’s no reason to not have it run on the bleeding edge. But the whole ordeal reminds me of the fact that I as a user am less and less in control when it comes to software and features and updates. And it goes either way: there’s stuff you’d love to update, but you can’t. And then there’s stuff you’re happy with as it is, but to get some important security fix you’re forced to swallow a whole load of other crap that comes bundled with it. And it’s only getting worse, as more software goes cloud- and subscription based. Brave new world …