Google Gears and WP Thickbox crashing Firefox

  • Resolved alexleonard

    (@alexleonard)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve come across an odd one which I can only assume is a result of a recent Google update.

    Every time I make use of the backend of WordPress to try and either View Details on a plugin, or upload an image, upon the Thickbox loading Firefox instantly crashes.

    I had thought this was just me but when I heard a friend report it, I decided that there was something properly wrong. I have tested this across a variety of different WP installs, including one which was a fresh install with no plugins installed.

    I slowly disabled every Firefox plugin one by one and it stopped happening when I disabled Google Gears.

    So right now Google Gears is staying disabled, which is unfortunate.

    Anyone any idea what’s going on with this?

    Cheers,

    Alex

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  • Same issue, man!

    Now I’m using Faster Image Insert, instead of default wp-uploader.

    Thread Starter alexleonard

    (@alexleonard)

    Ok, well it appears that the issue is fixed on WP2.8 installs.

    Actually I should check if it still crashes on older 2.7.1 installs! Wonder if Google Gears updated or whether it’s just the 2.8 update that does it.

    Thread Starter alexleonard

    (@alexleonard)

    Ok. Just tested this with Gears enabled and back on a WP2.7.1 install. Crashed again – so if you update to WP2.8 you can happily use Gears without it crashing Firefox. Relief!

    Cool, thanks for the solution!

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