After retesting this, I think I see now what Wayne has seen: It's a workflow problem - I guess none of us has followed his steps religiously so far (please do!), and the steps were a bit fuzzy. I've rewritten them with more detail to avoid any ambiguity. **STR** 0. Open `Settings` tab (important!) 1. Tools > Add-ons and Themes (important!) 2. In the "Find more add-ons:" search box, enter "Italian", press `Enter` 3. Click `Add to Thunderbird` for `Italiano (it) Language Pack` (second search result in the "Italian :: Search :: Add-ons for Thunderbird" results tab) 4. In the addons.thunderbird.net popup (upper right corner), click `Add` 5. Confirm next Popup with `OK` (when it says "Italiano (it) Language Pack was added") - just that (important!). 6. As an advanced user, switch to your previously open (!) `Settings` tab, search for `language`, and check if the just-installed language (Italian) is available in the language dropdown. **Actual result:** - After installing language pack as an add-on from ATN using `Add to Thunderbird`, Thunderbird does not prompt the user to restart, but a restart is required and expected for the add-on to take effect. From here, the user will have no clue what to do next to activate the new language pack. - The just installed new language (Italian) is not available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab (but closing and re-opening the settings tab fixes this). **Expected result:** - Regardless of installation method, user should always be prompted to restart Thunderbird after installing a language pack (as long as those restarts are still required). - For bonus points, the just installed new language (Italian) should also be instantly available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab without reopening the same.
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After retesting this, I think I see now what Wayne has seen: It's a workflow problem - I guess none of us has followed his steps religiously so far (please do!), and the steps were a bit fuzzy. I've rewritten them with more detail to avoid any ambiguity. **STR** 0. Open `Settings` tab (important!) 1. Tools > Add-ons and Themes (important!) 2. In the "Find more add-ons:" search box, enter "Italian", press `Enter` 3. Click `Add to Thunderbird` for `Italiano (it) Language Pack` (second search result in the "Italian :: Search :: Add-ons for Thunderbird" results tab) 4. In the addons.thunderbird.net popup (upper right corner), click `Add` 5. Confirm next Popup with `OK` (when it says "Italiano (it) Language Pack was added") - just that (important!). Observe UI language. 6. As an advanced user, switch to your previously open (!) `Settings` tab, search for `language`, and check if the just-installed language (Italian) is available in the language dropdown. **Actual result:** - After installing language pack as an add-on from ATN using `Add to Thunderbird`, Thunderbird does not prompt the user to restart, but a restart is required and expected for the add-on to take effect. From here, the user will have no clue what to do next to activate the new language pack. - The just installed new language (Italian) is not available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab (but closing and re-opening the settings tab fixes this). **Expected result:** - Regardless of installation method, user should always be prompted to restart Thunderbird after installing a language pack (as long as those restarts are still required). - For bonus points, the just installed new language (Italian) should also be instantly available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab without reopening the same.
After retesting this, I think I see now what Wayne has seen: It's a workflow problem - I guess none of us has followed his steps religiously so far (please do!), and the steps were a bit fuzzy. I've rewritten them with more detail to avoid any ambiguity. **STR** 0. Open `Settings` tab (important!); ensure that you do *not* have Italian language pack installed. 1. Tools > Add-ons and Themes (important!) 2. In the "Find more add-ons:" search box, enter "Italian", press `Enter` 3. Click `Add to Thunderbird` for `Italiano (it) Language Pack` (second search result in the "Italian :: Search :: Add-ons for Thunderbird" results tab) 4. In the addons.thunderbird.net popup (upper right corner), click `Add` 5. Confirm next Popup with `OK` (when it says "Italiano (it) Language Pack was added") - just that (important!). Observe UI language. 6. As an advanced user, switch to your previously open (!) `Settings` tab, search for `language`, and check if the just-installed language (Italian) is available in the language dropdown. **Actual result:** - After installing language pack as an add-on from ATN using `Add to Thunderbird`, Thunderbird does not prompt the user to restart, but a restart is required and expected for the add-on to take effect. From here, the user will have no clue what to do next to activate the new language pack. - The just installed new language (Italian) is not available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab (but closing and re-opening the settings tab fixes this). **Expected result:** - Regardless of installation method, user should always be prompted to restart Thunderbird after installing a language pack (as long as those restarts are still required). - For bonus points, the just installed new language (Italian) should also be instantly available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab without reopening the same.
After retesting this, I think I see now what Wayne has seen: It's a workflow problem - I guess none of us has followed his steps religiously so far (please do!), and the steps were a bit fuzzy. I've rewritten them with more detail to avoid any ambiguity. **STR** 0. Open `Settings` tab (important!); ensure that you do ***not*** have Italian language pack installed. 1. Tools > Add-ons and Themes (important!) 2. In the "Find more add-ons:" search box, enter "Italian", press `Enter` 3. Click `Add to Thunderbird` for `Italiano (it) Language Pack` (second search result in the "Italian :: Search :: Add-ons for Thunderbird" results tab) 4. In the addons.thunderbird.net popup (upper right corner), click `Add` 5. Confirm next Popup with `OK` (when it says "Italiano (it) Language Pack was added") - just that (important!). Observe UI language. 6. As an advanced user, switch to your previously open (!) `Settings` tab, search for `language`, and check if the just-installed language (Italian) is available in the language dropdown. **Actual result:** - After installing language pack as an add-on from ATN using `Add to Thunderbird`, Thunderbird does not prompt the user to restart, but a restart is required and expected for the add-on to take effect. From here, the user will have no clue what to do next to activate the new language pack. - The just installed new language (Italian) is not available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab (but closing and re-opening the settings tab fixes this). **Expected result:** - Regardless of installation method, user should always be prompted to restart Thunderbird after installing a language pack (as long as those restarts are still required). - For bonus points, the just installed new language (Italian) should also be instantly available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab without reopening the same.
After retesting this, I think I see now what Wayne has seen: It's a workflow problem - I guess none of us has followed his steps religiously so far (please do!), and the steps were a bit fuzzy. I've rewritten them with more detail to avoid any ambiguity. **STR** 0. Open `Settings` tab (important!); ensure that you do ***not*** have Italian language pack installed. 1. Tools > Add-ons and Themes (important!) 2. In the "Find more add-ons:" search box, enter "Italian", press `Enter` 3. Click `Add to Thunderbird` for `Italiano (it) Language Pack` (second search result in the "Italian :: Search :: Add-ons for Thunderbird" results tab) 4. In the addons.thunderbird.net popup (upper right corner), click `Add` 5. Confirm next Popup with `OK` (when it says "Italiano (it) Language Pack was added") - just that (important!). Observe UI language as John Doe. 6. As an advanced user, switch to your previously open (!) `Settings` tab, search for `language`, and check if the just-installed language (Italian) is available in the language dropdown. **Actual result:** - After installing language pack as an add-on from ATN using `Add to Thunderbird`, Thunderbird does not prompt the user to restart, but a restart is required and expected for the add-on to take effect. From here, the user will have no clue what to do next to activate the new language pack. - The just installed new language (Italian) is not available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab (but closing and re-opening the settings tab fixes this). **Expected result:** - Regardless of installation method, user should always be prompted to restart Thunderbird after installing a language pack (as long as those restarts are still required). - For bonus points, the just installed new language (Italian) should also be instantly available in the language dropdown of a previously open Settings tab without reopening the same.