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hijarian / wayback-for-firefox

Microscopic extension for Firefox. It allows to open current page or given link in Wayback Machine.
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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crashes drop-down menus #9

Closed davekimble2 closed 8 years ago

davekimble2 commented 8 years ago

Lubuntu 14.04, Firefox 46.0.1 wayback 2.0.2

It worked the very first time I tried it, but then damaged something such that ALL APPS fail on clicking on things that cause drop down menus to open.

Typing "1" as part of Lubuntu user login triggers Lubuntu suspend/hibernate/reboot/shutdown menu to open.

utter chaos - uninstalled, but Firefox problems remain.

this page not displaying properly

It is something to do with the Alt key

hijarian commented 8 years ago

@davekimble2 I'm sorry, but how can Firefox extension influence the OS outside of the browser in a way you described? Especially my page-local one.

Can you please provide the steps to reproduce your exact problem? "Worked the very first time I tried it" and "this page not displaying properly" are not precise enough.

I would like to identify exactly what's wrong with your setup.

davekimble2 commented 8 years ago

It was probably a wire/contact/chip in the keyboard becoming damaged in such a way that the ALT key appeared to be always pressed, even though the key moved properly, and seemed to occur exactly on the first exit from your code. Eventually I replaced the keyboard. Your extension was innocent.

hijarian commented 8 years ago

OK, I'm glad you resolved your issues. :+1: