speaker view has visible connection status, times out with error after 5s

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugin/notes/notes.js b/plugin/notes/notes.js
index 3f00eb6..7622858 100644
--- a/plugin/notes/notes.js
+++ b/plugin/notes/notes.js
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ var RevealNotes = (function() {
 
 		var notesPopup = window.open( notesFilePath, 'reveal.js - Notes', 'width=1100,height=700' );
 
+		if( !notesPopup ) {
+			alert( 'Speaker view popup failed to open. Please make sure popups are allowed and reopen the speaker view.' );
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Allow popup window access to Reveal API
 		notesPopup.Reveal = this.Reveal;