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oslego / chrome-backspace-back

Google Chrome extension that restores browser behavior of navigating to previous page when pressing the Backspace key.
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Bug: No functionality on pages blocked by extension #9

Open GeitHub opened 8 years ago

GeitHub commented 8 years ago

Using Chromium version 53 on Debian Testing (Linux)

To recreate this bug:

  1. Download Backspace to go Back
  2. Download EFF's HTTPS Everywhere
  3. Click on the extension
  4. Toggle "Block all unencrypted requests"
  5. Visit an https:// URL Washington Post
  6. Visit an http:// URL New York Times
  7. Receive "ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT" page
  8. Attempt to use backspace to go back functionality
  9. No bueno

Possible Solution:

  1. Visit this Chrome flag: chrome://flags/#extensions-on-chrome-urls
  2. As the flag's description states "explicitly request this permission"
  3. ???? (I'd imagine this would mean updating the manifest file?)
  4. Profit????

btw, I hope that you don't stop supporting the extension simply in favor of Google's extension, as with theirs it requires you to accept their terms and it isn't open source.