Oh, it seems I accidentally skipped that part of your message :) Well, thank you for your excellent support and for Firebug Lite, it makes my life so much easier. You guys rock!
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Pedro Simonetti Garcia < [email protected]> wrote: > 2010/7/22 Krisztián Fekete <[email protected]>: > > Thanks, now it all makes sense :) Would it be possible to display a > > different message when such local file is opened and Firebug Lite is > > attempted to start? (instead of "Firebug Lite can't complete its > activation > > because this page was open before the extension itself was enabled", this > > message confused the hell out of me ;) > > Sure. When I said: > > >> I will include a proper message when you are running Firebug Lite > >> on a local file, suggesting the use of a local webserver and/or > >> pointing to a FAQ (which I'm writing). > > I was talking exactly about this. ;) > > I'll include something like: > > "For security reasons Firebug Lite cannot run in local files. > For more info about how to work around this problem visit: > > http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Lite_FAQ"; > > regards, > > Pedro Simonetti. > > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Pedro Simonetti Garcia > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 2010/7/22 Krisztián Fekete <[email protected]>: > >> > Weird thing is that it happens only if I try to run Firebug lite on a > >> > local > >> > file (e.g. file:///C:/Stuff/index.html). > >> > >> Hmmm... I forgot to mention other limitation :) > >> > >> Firebug Lite could theoretically read local files (file:///*) but that > >> leads to some problems: > >> > >> * extensions that requires local files (file:///*) access needs to be > >> manually reviewed by Google and it would probably take a long > >> time (considering that Firebug Lite has around 30 kloc) and > >> consequently it would make it difficult to publish new releases. > >> > >> * access to local files can lead to a security vulnerability. Firebug > >> Lite is fully extensible and vulnerabilities could be exploited by any > >> page. > >> > >> The recommended approach is to use a local web server. You > >> can however manually edit the manifest.json file in the extension > >> directory and grant it with local file access, but this setting will > >> be loosed when you update the extension to the next version: > >> > >> ... > >> "permissions": > >> [ > >> "tabs", > >> "file:///*", <<======== INCLUDE THIS LINE > >> "http://*/*";, > >> "https://*/*";, > >> "http://127.0.0.1/*";, > >> "http://localhost/*"; > >> ] > >> } > >> > >> > >> 2010/7/22 Krisztián Fekete <[email protected]>: > >> > Weird thing is that it happens only if I try to run Firebug lite on a > >> > local > >> > file (e.g. file:///C:/Stuff/index.html). If I open it > >> > as http://127.0.0.1/index.html, it works like a charm. It's no > biggie, > >> > but > >> > the "process will complete when you reload the page" message is quite > >> > misleading. > >> > >> Sure the message is misleading and combined with the fact that > >> it won't work on local pages it creates a lot of confusion. > >> > >> I will include a proper message when you are running Firebug Lite > >> on a local file, suggesting the use of a local webserver and/or > >> pointing to a FAQ (which I'm writing). > >> > >> Thanks for pointing this out. For now on, other users won't have > >> the same bad experience as you! :) > >> > >> regards, > >> > >> Pedro Simonetti. > >> > >> > >> > The page was not open before, (I just created it). > >> > > >> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Pedro Simonetti Garcia > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> 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]<firebug%[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]<firebug%[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]<firebug%[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]<firebug%[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]<firebug%[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]<firebug%[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. 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