fuyu
Clicking rank opens blank page instead of Alexa
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- on what page you're trying;
- browser version;
- probably a screenshot would illustrate the issue best;
Hello The issue is on ALL pages. Latest Firefox: 76.0.1 (64-bit) There is not much to show on the screenshot - it just opens a new empty tab:"about:blank".
I do not know if I can debug something. I guess it is an issue with the latest Firefox Release. Maybe they have added some extra restrictions to the plugins which cause the issue. These permissions are enabled: Access your data for all websites Access browser tabs
Please change the plugin home page to this repository as it is pointing to the old one:
Homepage https://github.com/fuyu/Googalexa
Thank you for the prompt reply. If you need more info or have something to test let me know.
Hello I debugged this and it seems the code is correct, but for some reason, the function does not work: window.open('https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/' + stats.host, '_blank'); and opens an empty page. If I paste for example: https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/yahoo.com in a new tab it works, but using the extension it opens a blank page.
I suspect that ALEXA somehow detects that the request is coming from the addon and blocks it, but unfortunately, the source of the plugin in Firefox Developer edition is not editable and I can not experiment with the window.open parameters.
Hello I found the problem. As I initially suspected it is an issue with Firefox. Other users have experienced the same problem. See here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48982711/window-open-in-background-js-in-firefox-extension https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs/create
Solution it to replace:
window.open('https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/' + stats.host, '_blank');
with:
browser.tabs.create({url: 'https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/' + stats.host});
Please update the code and upload the signed extension. Thank you in advance!
Thanks, I'll check this solution and will do the edits. It's interesting that I'm using the latest version of FF and the extension works correctly for me.
Hello That is really strange indeed. I have tested this both on Windows and MAC and both versions have the same issues. Also FF Developer version has the same issue.
Are you using the latest version? Are you going to apply this fix? What I pointed out is a bug in the code according to the documentation anyway.
Please this issue makes the plugin unusable.
Thanks for the reminder. I have the plugin working so the issue slips out of my mind.
Hello Why is it working for you? Are you running an older version of Firefox? It should not be working with the latest versions - tested both on Windows and MAC
@JJD2K Fixed the code and pushed new version v0.9.3 to Mozilla Addons. Please give it a try.