Warning about using firebug with e-junkie sites

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Hi All,



I encountered this problem, and it drove me mad for days. It appears that if you use firebug (the debugging tool for FireFox for those of you who don't know,) you may experience problems with e-junkie-enabled sites. Specifically, the page will never finish loading. If, however, you do a hard refresh, everything works fine. I have isolated the problem to the e-junkie javascript files. On a successful load, the following 3 files will be loaded in sequence:



box.js

boxec18_enc.js

boxec5_ship_src.js



However, with firebug enabled, an unsuccessful load will hang either during the processing of boxec18_enc.js or the loading of boxec5_ship_src.js. You can try it yourself at http://conchtees.com.



I thought it was something I did wrong until I visited some other e-junkie stores with the same result. Not sure what causes it to hang there, and it's likely a firebug bug, but I figure the e-junkie developers might be interested in knowing this is a problem because a LOT of people have firebug installed. What makes it so strange is that even unloaded pages still seem to function properly as far as adding items to the cart and checking out. (I think.)



-Matt

[orders]

To clarify, when the page hangs, boxec5_ship_src.js is never loaded.

[E-junkie_Guru]

Thanks for reporting this; I'll assign it to our Lead Developer's attention.



FWIW, I also have Firebug installed, but I always leave it disabled by default unless and until I specifically need to use it for, well, debugging and related development tasks. :^)

[orders]

Yes, except by default I believe firebug turns script debugging and net debugging on for every site you visit and stores those preferences by site. So without disabling the plugin altogether, browsing to a new e-junkie enabled site will result in the above mentioned issue (which is how I figured out it wasn't just MY site.) Not to mention the headache from working on your own site, needing the debugger, and having to remember whether or not you enabled it or disabled it. On top of that, working on a number of sites on a daily basis, I really just need it on all the time anyway.

[renzska]

The bug is tied to loading .js files from a secondary domain. That's why it affects e-junkie.



Once Firebug 1.4 comes out, the issue should be fixed. I've test v1.4.0b2 and it doesn't cause the issue. You can get this version here but remember, it is beta. I've read the v1.4 will be released for FF3 and FF3.5 when FF3.5 is released.



http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.4/firebug-1.4.0b2.xpi



Hope that helps,



John

MuvEnum

[orders]

Nice. Thanks, John.