On May 25, 11:09 am, siv0r <[email protected]> wrote: > Firebug 1.4.5 > Firefox 3.0.19 > Windows Vista Business > > When clicking on a link on a Google search results page, I've found > today that I have to click twice to get the browser to actually > navigate to the link location. I've disabled all addons and narrowed > it down to Firebug; this is not so much a problem with the > functionality of Firebug (debugging sites and such) but rather a > defect in the functionality of webpages (specifically Google's search > results) while Firebug is active. > > After the initial page load, I notice on Mouse Over of the link that > the statusbar reflects the real page I'd like to visit. When I click > the link, I see the statusbar change to something significantly longer > (a long Google redirect URL) and then immediately change to "Done". > Also, the box around the link showing that it is selected briefly > appears (on click) and then disappears (after the script runs). > Subsequent clicks will actually redirect me to the target page, even > after navigating away and back to the search results page (using > 'Back'). With Firebug disabled, or in other browsers, a single click > immediately causes the browser to navigate to the page. > > There's another thing, too. If I click the link (once) and fail to > navigate to the page, if I then hit reload (F5), the browser then > loads the page that was the desired target of the link. It's as if > the On Click script is attempting to set the window.location property > of the browser, but it's just not "taking" it well. Unfortunately I > don't know enough about Javascript or Google's link clicking > functionality to tell you much more. > > Please let me know if I can explain this better or provide better > details. I couldn't find any instances of this problem in the > newsgroup discussions or in the issue reporting page, so I guess it's > not too common.
Use url "about:config" then look for preferences named: extensions.firebug. reset these to their default value. Does that help? Create a new Firefox profile and install firebug: Do you still see the problem? I hope one of these work for you. jjb > > Steps to reproduce the problem: > 1. Go to Google's homepage and search for something. You can search > for 'Google' if you like. > 2. Click any link on the results page (once). > 3a. Click the same link again to actually get to the page. > 3b. Hit Reload to be taken to the page you clicked. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
