84951 - Korean and Simplified Chinese font uninstallable

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Edwin Martin]

When opening a page with an Korean or Simplified Chinese text, dialog boxes
pop up to download executables:

komondo.exe for Korean font
scmondo.exe for Simplified Chinese font

When running these programs, a alert pops up with the text:

"Microsoft Global IME 5.02 for Korean
This version of Global IME cannot be installed on this version of Windows."

or

"Microsoft Global IME 5.02 for Chinese (Simplified)
This version of Global IME cannot be installed on this version of Windows."

Or: I can't view Korean/Simplified Chinese text with Mozilla (in Windows 2000).

See the URL for a page containing these languages

Comment 1

[nhottanscp]

Reassign to yokoyama, cc to ftang.

Comment 2

[Frank Tang]

reassign to ftang and mark moz0.9.3.
This make me think that we probably should keep the redirect page in server side 
instead of put into the client so we can address this type of problem easier. 

Comment 3

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Having the redirect server side solves that issue. We can always point to where
we need to from the server. Don't see how that has to do, with having local
dialogue.

Comment 4

[Andreas Becker]

Changing QA contact to teruko for now.

Comment 5

[bobj]

These bits do not work on W2K.  The problem is the Global IME.  Asian input
is built into W2K.  The fonts are probably OK.

We could detect if W2K is running and pop up a dialog to tell the user to
install from the W2K CD...

Comment 6

[Teruko Kobayashi]

Changed QA contact to [e-mail].

Comment 7

[Frank Tang]

ok, now the font download dialog box won't show up in win2k

Comment 8

[bobj]

What does show up?  Do we get a dialog to tell the user to install fonts from
the W2K CD?

Comment 9

[Teruko Kobayashi]

Since this is related to the font download, I changed QA contact to 
[e-mail].

Comment 10

[Teruko Kobayashi]

In Win2k US, the small dialog will show up in short time with 7-11 branch build.
This warining dialog problem is in bug 87945.  

Since Font download is downloading the Global IME, this problem occurs.  

I just reopen this since this is not solved.

Comment 11

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Font Download Bug Fixin'. Pls TM0.9.4

Comment 12

[Blake Ross]

Doesn't look like this is getting fixed before the freeze tonight.
Pushing out a milestone, per Jaime.  Please correct if I'm mistaken.

Comment 13

[Frank Tang]

move to moz 0.9.5

Comment 14

[msanz]

nsbranch- since Frank moved it to 0.9.5

Comment 15

[Frank Tang]

future it.

Comment 16

[Frank Tang]

what a hack. I have not touch mozilla code for 2 years. I didn't read these bugs
for 2 years. And they are still there. Just close them as won't fix to clean up.

Comment 17

[Travis Chase]

Mass Reassign Please excuse the spam

Comment 18

[Travis Chase]

Mass Re-opening Bugs Frank Tang Closed on Wensday March 02 for no reason, all
the spam is his fault feel free to tar and feather him

Comment 19

[Travis Chase]

Reassigning Franks old bugs to Jungshik Shin for triage - Sorry for spam

Comment 20

[Jungshik Shin]

this was 'fixed' by removing the font download dialog a while ago.