Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Facebook widget: links does not work in Safari

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[Feature] Extra Sidebar Widgets [Pri] Normal [Status] Stale Bug
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Description

#### Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Add a Facebook page widget to your site
2. Visit your site's frontend in Safai
3. Try to open a Facebook page by clicking page name.
4. Nothing will happen
5. Go back to widgets settings, and tick `Show Timeline` in Facebook widget settings.
6. Check the widget in frontend. try opening one of the posts in the page timeline.

#### What I expected
Load a Facebook page in new tab

#### What happened instead
Nothing happened

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start at the Facebook widget frontend and reproduce the link behavior in Safari, both with Show Timeline disabled and enabled. Trace the page-name and timeline-post link entry points, then verify that each opens the Facebook page in a new tab without changing the widget settings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, php
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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