263289 - ALL popups are blocked, whitelist is ignored

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Stefan Bittner]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041006 Firefox/0.9.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041006 Firefox/0.9.1+

When You go to http://playstarwarsgalaxiesfor14days.station.sony.com/Register.m,
there is a link "Create a station account here.", URL being
https://login.station.sony.com/login/station/login_popup.jsp
I can allow popups from the site how often I like, the popup never shows.

The URL above is from a Online game promotion and may be accessible only for
a limited time.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to to get there via http://playstarwarsgalaxiesfor14days.com 
2. in STEP #1 , click on "Click here", gets you to: 
3. http://playstarwarsgalaxiesfor14days.station.sony.com/magazine.vm
   there You enter the promo code "PCGS0822", gets you to 
4. http://playstarwarsgalaxiesfor14days.station.sony.com/Register.m
5. Click on "Create a station account here." (url is
https://login.station.sony.com/login/station/login_popup.jsp)
6. The popup doesn't open, Can't configure Firefox to let it pass.
7. The preference page "Web features" contains (among others) the following  
   sites in 
  "Always allow..."
   login.station.sony.com
   playstarwarsgalaxiesfor14days.station.sony.com

Actual Results:  
No popus opens

Expected Results:  
The popup should open, at least after I allow it using the "Change popup
blocking settings for this web site" icon or using the prefs.

Comment 1

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

If you use TBE or TBP extension this may be a sideeffect of them

Comment 2

[Stefan Bittner]

You're right. After uninstalling TabbrowserExtensions, the popup opens
as expected. Thanks.