872157 - The share button doesn't work on some pages

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 878702

(Firefox Graveyard :: SocialAPI, defect)

Description

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Sometimes I see the button marked as disabled, and it becomes enabled a while later.

Also, sometimes pressing it shows the Facebook home page for a few seconds before the Share page is loaded up.

Comment 1

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

(In reply to :Ehsan Akhgari (needinfo? me!) from comment #0)
> Sometimes I see the button marked as disabled, and it becomes enabled a
> while later.
> 
> Also, sometimes pressing it shows the Facebook home page for a few seconds
> before the Share page is loaded up.

The website can set a no store header on the page, in which case we do not enable the share button.  This is a common (possibly over used?) mechanism to protect sensitive pages.  I guess we should probably have some message (tooltip, or in a panel) that explains this to the user.

Comment 2

[(no longer active)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to :Ehsan Akhgari (needinfo? me!) from comment #0)
> > Sometimes I see the button marked as disabled, and it becomes enabled a
> > while later.
> > 
> > Also, sometimes pressing it shows the Facebook home page for a few seconds
> > before the Share page is loaded up.
> 
> The website can set a no store header on the page, in which case we do not
> enable the share button.  This is a common (possibly over used?) mechanism to
> protect sensitive pages.  I guess we should probably have some message
> (tooltip, or in a panel) that explains this to the user.

Oh, interesting.  I'll try to pay more attention the next time.