# ReactOS Newsletter 51: Firefox 2 Rendering Fixes and Filesystem Development

DevFeed: [ReactOS Newsletter 51: Firefox 2 Rendering Fixes and Filesystem Development](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-51-32917.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-51/>)

Published: 2009-01-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [Firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firefox.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Data structures](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-structures.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/notifications.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/services.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

The ReactOS newsletter reports fixes for two Firefox 2 rendering problems involving palette handling and bitmap colors. It also covers ongoing filesystem work, including volume and file-change notifications and filter contexts.

## Source excerpt

Drawing Bugs Two issues were recently fixed that caused some problems in Firefox 2. The first was the page loaded would wash out after about 60 seconds of inactivity. The problem was in NtGdiGetDIBitsInternal, where the function was using the device context's palette instead of the bitmap's. The second problem involves the logos and images on Firefox's Google homepage being blacked out or completely missing entirely. This problem is slightly more complex as it involved the three types of "