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Re: Fwd: Re: OT: Firefox question / poll
From: John Adams <jna () twitter com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:27:59 -0800
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Dave <mrx () propergander org uk> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20/12/2011 17:40, Charles Morris wrote:I'm curious what everyone's opinion is on the following question... esp.to any FF dev people on list:Do you think that the Firefox "warning: unresponsive script" is meant asa security feature or a usability feature?
It's neither, but could be construed to be a security feature. It's a warning to indicate that a javascript included on the page is taking an excessive amount of time to return control back to the UI. Unlike the sandboxed javascript model in Chrome, when scripts spin out of control in FF, they could take the browser down with them. This check attempts to shutdown scripts that are consuming a crazy amount of resources and/or are no longer functional. -j
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