557509 - Post to Facebook link minimizes Firefox browser unexpectedly

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[Pratibha]

Attachment: Firefox browser is minimized while loading the redirected URL Facebook login from preview server

Browser Identifier:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3

Steps to recreate:
1)Load any add-on details page in preview server:
for example: https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3576
2)Click on Share this Add-on:Post to Facebook
3)Facebook login page loads at URL:
http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.addons.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Ffirefox%2Faddon%2F3576&t=Google%20Shortcuts%20-%20All%20Google%20Services%20at%20a%20glance%201.8.6%20%3A%3A%20Add-ons%20for%20Firefox

Result: Firefox browser is minimized unexpectedly while loading redirected Facebook URL from preview server

Note: Following behavior is noticed:
1)Tried to maximize by clicking on Maximize button, by redrawing the browser by clicking and dragging on the browser status bar : FAILED to restore the size
3)This is seen with other browsers also like: Internet Explorer,Safari and not seen on Google Chrome,Opera browsers
2)Closed the Facebook tab, and then maximizing the browser is Successful

Comment 1

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

Disable it in your browser: http://img.skitch.com/20100409-jau25twpdx9k4bnbig2up15n84.png

Facebook is doing this, we can't stop them from being jerks.