558672 - X Marks bookmark disables browser when updating

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3

X marks book mark service, when updating, disables the browser. I am unable to do anything but wait till its done, regularly a minute or so. I've disabled automatic updating, but the disabling continues when  I update manually

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update book marks using x marks service.
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Actual Results:  
 Update book marks using x marks service.

Expected Results:  
browser will be unusable till the bookmark updating by x marks is over.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

IS this a new issue with 3.6.3 or is this a general issue ?
The issue is about an addon and we don't track addon errors here because they are maintained by third-party developers.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.