Bug 434238

Summary: Unable to log into Google account with the default JavaScript settings
Product: [Applications] Falkon Reporter: Alberto Salvia Novella <es20490446e>
Component: generalAssignee: David Rosca <nowrep>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: jurajoravec, tallowwood
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 3.1.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
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Description Alberto Salvia Novella 2021-03-10 15:48:27 UTC
It is only possible to log into Google Account if on the JavaScript settings you enable "activate window".

Perhaps it would be a good idea having that enabled by default.
Comment 1 Alberto Salvia Novella 2021-03-10 15:52:59 UTC
This bug looks like:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427133

But with a different root cause.
Comment 2 Juraj 2021-03-16 17:26:05 UTC
This sounds very strange, but I expect nothing less from Google.

Thank you for your report.
Comment 3 Alberto Salvia Novella 2021-03-16 20:34:41 UTC
You are welcome.

May I ask why this isn't surprising coming from Google, just for my own information?
Comment 4 Juraj 2021-03-16 20:59:48 UTC
To login to Google you have to have to also have user agent with recent web browser version.
On top of that I believ Google wishes to cage its users in its own products which Falkon is not part of.
Comment 5 Alberto Salvia Novella 2021-03-16 22:07:00 UTC
My thoughts:
https://youtu.be/c-lEw_FpSBo
Comment 6 Robert 2021-04-16 04:06:03 UTC
Happened to me too, 

Workaround: send firefox browser ID.
It's in Preferences, Other, Change Browser / Navigator ID. (translations vary)
then select 

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0

either globally or for 'google.com'

(Thanks to Franco https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416273#c1)