I had a very old version of this component with which I had the same problem. Firefox isn't my preferred browser, but many users that come to my site have told me they get an error. I decided to test it myself and indeed, the error is there. I was hoping that upgrading to the latest version of this component would fix that error, but it hasn't.
Basically, I fill in the fields and submit my comment. When I hit submit, a warning window pops up with nothing on it, I click ok. Next, I see the following error in the "comment" text area:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><post><id>30</id><after>27</after><published>1</published><noerror>1</noerror><debug></debug><body><![CDATA[
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<td><a name='josc30'></a>
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<span class='postusername'><a href='http://www.eyeshadowcult.com/j/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=62'>eyeshadow</a></span>
- <span class='posttitle'>yay</span>
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<a class='postwebsite' rel='external nofollow' href='http://www.eyeshadowcult.com' title='http://www.eyeshadowcult.com' target='_blank'> </a>
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|<span class='createdate'>2008-10-31 06:07:49</span>
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<td class='avatarcontainer' width='1' align='center'><a href='http://www.eyeshadowcult.com/j/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=62'><img class='avatar' src='http://www.eyeshadowcult.com/j/images/comprofiler/tn62_47af1731971b2.png' alt='avatar' /></a></td>
<td style='overflow: hidden;'>that's cool <img src='http://www.eyeshadowcult.com/j/components/com_comment/joscomment/emoticons/funny/images/silly.png' border='0' alt='' /></td>
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<td align='left'><a href='javascript:JOSC_reply(30)'>Reply</a> | <a href = 'javascript:JOSC_quote(30)'>Quote</a> | <a href='javascript:JOSC_editComment(30)'>Edit</a> | <a href='javascript:JOSC_deleteComment(30)'>Delete</a></td>
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This error leads the person to believe that the comment did not go through, and therefor they try to resubmit over and over until they get tired. Turns out the comment does go through though, so it is on the page multiple times. How can this be fixed?
