620334 - Add "HTML5 extension for windows media player plugin" to the blocklist

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 724468

(WebExtensions :: General, defect)

Description

[Danial Horton]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 GTB7.1

Since microsoft doesn't make it easy to report bugs in their **** extensions, hopefully one of you guys can notify them

I noticed something was amiss when my usual session that uses a max of 1.2GB rose to 2GB usage with little usage

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
opened a session with 177 tabs
memory allocated rose to 900MB
Refreshed all tabs, memory allocated rose to 1100MB
Closed all tabs, memory allocated dropped back to 900MB

With the extension disabled
opened a session with 177 tabs
memory allocated rose to 875MB
Refreshed all tabs, memory allocated rose to 880MB
closed all tabs, memory allocated dropped back to 420ish MB.

I noticed something was amiss when my usual max of 1.2GB rose to 2GB usage with little usage
Actual Results:  
Yet another microsoft extension that breaks firefox

Expected Results:  
Firefox starts blocking **** microsoft extensions? lol

but seriously, something must be done about microsoft's extensions breaking aspects of firefox.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Please report bugs in an extension to the author of that extension.

Comment 2

[Danial Horton]

"Since microsoft doesn't make it easy to report bugs in their **** extensions,
hopefully one of you guys can notify them"

Block the extension. 

Microsoft won't fix it, just like they never fixed the same issue in the .net Framework assistant.

Comment 3

[Danial Horton]

And FYI, apart from some sites hosting the extension, There is absolutely no way to contact whoever developed it.

Comment 4

[Danial Horton]

reopening and changing title.

This extension is causing hell with every instance of firefox its installed on and Mozilla is copping the flak because of the excessive memory use it causes.

Comment 5

[Danial Horton]

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=10307963&sid=37e80680757ecf6acf0dfb6333e7fa05#p10307963

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/971988-memory-leak-in-html5-extension-for-windows-media-player-firefox-add-on/

Comment 6

[Danial Horton]

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2011/02/01/greater-interoperability-for-windows-customers-with-html5-video.aspx?PageIndex=2#10123824

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2011/02/01/greater-interoperability-for-windows-customers-with-html5-video.aspx?PageIndex=2#10123826

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2011/02/01/greater-interoperability-for-windows-customers-with-html5-video.aspx?PageIndex=2#10123820

Microsoft has no intention of fixing this piece of junk, so best off just blocking it and adding a note on the problematic extensions page.

Comment 8

[Danial Horton]

This has been resolved by bug 724468