philc / philc/vimium

Vimium does not work with page JavaScript disabled

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Description

I disable JavaScript for pages a lot.
I use Chrome built-in functionality for that, but I tried ScriptSafe as well.
With both Vimium does not act on the page if JavaScript is disabled.

Since Feb 2012 extensions should work even if JavaScript is disabled on a page,
as per Chromium bug 90843.

Chrome 25.0.1364.5 (Official Build 174090) dev on Linux
Vimium 1.42

Perhaps it's something about the way you choose to inject content scripts?

I really like Vimium and I really want to use it. :(

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Reproduce the problem in Chrome with page JavaScript disabled, then inspect Vimium's content-script injection path, which the report identifies as a possible cause. Done means Vimium responds normally on pages where JavaScript is disabled, including when ScriptSafe is used.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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