2010/7/22 kicsitian <[email protected]>: > When I click on the Firebug Lite icon in the toolbar, a window pops > up: > > "Firebug Lite can't complete its activation because this page was open > before the extension itself was enabled. The process will complete > when you reload the page. > > Press ok to reload the page now, or cancel to reload it later."
Which exact URL are you visiting? It is an internal Chrome's page (like "chrome://downloads/"), or some page related to Google Chrome extensions "https://chrome.google.com/extensions/";)? Google Chrome won't allow content scripts (required by Firebug Lite) running on such pages. The problem is that Chrome does not inform the user and neither the extension about it. In other words, there is no way to Firebug Lite know if the content script was loaded or not, and we worked around this by sniffing the URL and detecting when you visit URLs that begins with "chrome://" or "https://chrome.google.com/extensions/";, alerting users in such cases. Another problem of Chrome extensions is that besides the fact that you don't have to restart the browser in order to install an extension, extensions that require content scripts won't work on pages that were opened *before* the extension was installed. That is, the first time the user install *any* extensions that require content scripts, the extension won't work on *any* pages you are seeing. It won't work in the gallery ("https://chrome.google.com/extensions/";) and it won't work on any other page you already had opened at that time. We implemented another dirty workaround to detect such cases, but the solution is not perfect. So it is important to know 2 things: - which URL are you visiting - was this page opened *before* you installed the extension? > I press OK and nothing happens, the page does not reload and Firebug > Lite won't start. This was not supposed to happen. Firebug Lite should have been loaded. We need to investigate what is happening. > I tried reinstalling the extension, manually > reloading the page, but nothing helps. Is there any other way I can > start the Firebug Lite extension? Other than the restricted Chrome URLs listed above, and the pages opened before the installation, you are supposed to load Firebug Lite without problems in all other pages. If this is not happening then it is a bug and we need to fix it. regards, Pedro Simonetti. > > Chrome version 5.0.375.99 on Windows 7 Professional 32bit. > > Any help is appreciated, Firebug is the only thing that still ties me > to Firefox. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
