Closed Bug 438013 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Unable to "escape" the infinite alert loop

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 61098

People

(Reporter: orkkiolento, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fi; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fi; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

There's no way in Firefox to escape infinite alert loop other than Control Alt Delete or clicking the "Home" button very fast (nearly impossible, but possible). 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run this:
<script>
<script>
while (true) {
 alert("Hello!");
}
</script> (or alternatively visit http://osataan.tk)
2. Enjoy your stay.
Actual Results:  
Infinite loop of alerts and you can't escape from it because the alert box takes the focus.

Expected Results:  
Give a way to stop running Javascript or make alert boxes not take focus
stopping the Script(s) is bug 61098
not taking focus is bug 59314 or bug 123913
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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