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Asked: 2026-06-05T12:25:33+00:00

Trying to set window.location or using window.navigate() to make the browser go to about:crash

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Trying to set window.location or using window.navigate() to make the browser go to about:crash or chrome://crash doesn’t work. Is there a way to do it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    FUN FUN LOOP:

    txt = "a";
while(1){
    txt = txt += "a";    //add as much as the browser can handle
}
//[evil laugh] BOOM! All memory used up, and it is now CRASHED!

    http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/M45Cn/1/

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    Sorry for the Chinese characters…

    Extra

    Fun Fun Loop also works on Firefox!
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    And I have to give an applause to Safari, because it automatically reload the page when it is about to crash! Good job Webkit developers!

    Oh yeah…

    WARNING: Don’t try it in Internet Explorer… Because it crashed not my browser, instead, it crashed my Windows 7…
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    Yes. I have to restart the computer after that thing.

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