Multiple Software Security Device popups

[David]

Hi.

I'm running Debian Testing, and normally use their iceweasel package (based on ff 2.x). However, that can be agonizingly slow with javascript on Gmail (around 90% CPU usage for a single open google chat window, on a 3.0 ghz Celeron CPU). So I'm trying ff3 instead, from Ubuntu. The javascript handling is said to be much faster.

I've noticed several problems in firefox-3.0 so far:

1) I'm behind an authenticating web proxy. When I start firefox-3.0, it wants to log into several places simulataneously (check for add-on updates, re-open previous tabs, etc), it needs to first prompt me for my "Software Security Device" password.

Firefox-3.0 spams me with 20-30 password boxes, instead of all the other processes waiting for the 1st password box to finish. Debian Iceweasel (Testing) doesn't have this problem.

2) In Gmail, chat popup windows don't have a nickname at the top (whoever you're chatting to). There's just a "...". Iceweasel doesn't have this problem.

David.

[Jan-Philipp Litza (jplitza)]

I can confirm the problem described as 1), and it is /really/ annoying to me. I'm using Intrepid Beta with firefox version 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2.

[htamas (htamas2)]

I can also confirm 1), and I've created an extension to work around it. It asks your master password before the main window is shown, and blocks loading firefox until it is entered. This way you only need to type the password once, but you'll also need to type it if no password-protected page is opened at startup.

You can get the extension from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9808 .
See also mozilla bug #177175 ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177175 ).

[Jeremy Melanson (jmelanson)]

Thanks htamas!
Your extension helped me a lot!

[komputes (komputes)]

Hi David,

This report seems to contain two different issues. Would you please report issue 2 separately if you are still experiencing the problem.

Since issue 1 - "Software Security Device" password issue - is in main title and is the issue that has been confirmed. I am marking this bug as a duplicate 195698.