[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8533: Admin Panel Crashes Firefox with use of Paypal's Plugin

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#8533: Admin Panel Crashes Firefox with use of Paypal's Plugin
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 Reporter:  Saberj          |       Owner:  anonymous                       
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new                             
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.7                             
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.7                             
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  2.7, RC1, Crash, Firefox, Paypal
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 Wordpress 2.7
 Windows XP
 Firefox 3.0.4

 When loading the main page of the Wordpress 2.7 Admin panel, I was getting
 constant crashes. I disabled all my add-ons for Firefox, then started back
 through them one by one. I finally determined that Paypal's official
 plugin (https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-
 bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing_CommandDriven/general/NewPayPalPlugin-
 outside) was causing the crashes. With it disabled, and everything else
 enabled, things work fine. But enable it with or without the other
 plugins, and firefox crashes hard whenever the Admin panel loads.

 The plugin is supposed to allow you to autofill shipping/billing address
 forms on shopping sites, as well as generating virtual debit card numbers
 for you, in the case that a site you are shopping at doesn't accept
 paypal. So, it may be trying to determine if the site needs to be pre-
 filled with data. I'm not good enough to determine what exactly is causing
 the crash.

 However, it happens every time for me. I've asked for other people to help
 verify this bug, but haven't got anyone to do it just yet. You can see the
 thread concerning this topic here:
 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/223400?replies=3

 I assume Paypal is going to be a big thing for bloggers that may have
 donations and such through them. So, making sure the software works with
 their plugin should be pretty important.

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