on Google Chrome A popular extension is grappling with a bug that the company hasn’t been able to fix for a long time. According to a statement by its developer, for the “mysterious” bug two $4,000 prizes program is started. Also to those who will work on the problem $150 an hour until payment will be made.
The mysterious bug of the Google Chrome extension has confused the company
Located in the Google Chrome web store and preferred by more than 50 thousand users CrankWheel Screen Sharing extension is causing a strange error lately. Users running the extension complained about the Chrome app crashing. So the developer of CrankWheel decided to roll up his sleeves.
In the latest blog post shared by Jói Sigurdsson, the founder and CEO of CrankWheel Screen Sharing, it was pointed out that a reward program has been launched for software developers who can fix the bug in the extension. Saying that he will distribute a total of 8 thousand dollars in prizes, CEO Sigurdsson stated that he can also hire hourly freelancers.
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According to Jói Sigurdsson’s explanation, Error causing Chrome to crashit’s about not triggering an action in the toolbar when the extension is run. “Event reports should be sent when the user clicks the browser action icon, but it is not sent and Chrome crashes,” he said.
The error, which is stated to affect 5 percent of users, has been going on since April. The company initially disabled CrankWheel and reinstalled it on the webshop. It has been stated that although it seems to have been resolved at first, the issue still persists.
This error, which may be interested in those who are experienced in developing extensions for internet browsers, also offers a reward of up to 8 thousand dollars. Company, 4 thousand dollars for those who identify the source of the problem; an additional 4 thousand dollars for the person who solves the problem. He said he would.
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