754565 - No obvious way to exit full screen when using Full Screen add-on

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[William Quiviger [:williamq]]

the first add-on that is recommended on the aurora start page is the Full-Screen View add-on.At first, it is very tempting to installit because it'salways nice to have a full-screen. The problem is thatonce you install it,you effectively enter fullscreen mode and there is no more menu bar and hence no way to deactivate it or uninstalling it,thereby making Aurora useless. I dont even wantto know how many people switched to another browser because of this :'( 

Please remove this from recommended add-ons until the guy behind this add-on figures out how to make it easy to deactivate.

Comment 1

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

Matt, this is yours, right?

William, I believe that back button gets you out of fullscreen.

Comment 2

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

You can press the menu button and choose "Full Screen" to disable it, or long-tap on a web page and choose "Full Screen" (for devices without menu buttons).

This is my add-on, but I don't have access to change its "featured" status on AMO.

Comment 3

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

I'll also update the add-on to display a toast alert on installation, with instructions to exit fullscreen.

Comment 4

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

Checked in the fix to display instructions:
http://hg.mozilla.org/users/mbrubeck_mozilla.com/fullscreen/rev/0ef995798562

Submitted the fix to AMO (awaiting review):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/addon/full-screen-252573/versions/3.3

You can also find the updated version at my web site: http://limpet.net/full/

Comment 5

[William Quiviger [:williamq]]

Yeah my device doesnt have a menu button, hence why i couldnt figure outhow to exit full-screen mode. I tried the long tap and works fine! :-) As long is it's clear to the user how to exit full screen, this is an AWESOME add-on.
thanks so much for the quick fix!!

Comment 6

[Andreea Pod]

Verified fixed on:
-build: Firefox for Android 21.0a1 (2013-02-18)
-device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus
-OS: Android 4.2.1