101833 - "Click here to get the plugin" prompt only works for deprecated tags

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 83754

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Keith Briscoe]

I hope this makes sense to someone, because I'm not sure what the proper name
for this feature is.  There is a prompt that shows up for EMBED and APPLET tags
which allows the user to download the appropriate plugin with a single click.  I
think this is a very handy feature and removes a lot of searching for the end user.

However, if these pages are re-coded using (HTML 4.01 standard) OBJECT tags, the
prompt no longer appears, and it's up to the designer of the web page to put
alternate content for people who don't have the plugin.  Not horrible, but less
convenient, and more room for error and frustration.
To test: Remove your Java plugins, then look at pages containing these two codes
(ripped off from http://java.sun.com/)

====
DEPRECATED EXAMPLE (includes download prompt)
====
<APPLET CODEBASE="http://192.18.97.36/testdev/javanews/" CODE="jug2" WIDTH="120"
HEIGHT="150">
Alternate text.
</APPLET>

====
HTML 4.01 EXAMPLE (no prompt)
====
<OBJECT TYPE="application/x-java-applet;version=1.3"
CODEBASE="http://192.18.97.36/testdev/javanews/" ARCHIVE="jug2" WIDTH="120"
HEIGHT="150">
Alternate text.
</OBJECT>

I don't know if the prompt even qualifies as valid behavior by the user agent,
but I like it and think we should keep it as the web (hopefully) becomes more
standards-compliant.

Comment 1

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Reporter please include your BUILD ID in all bugs you file.  I suspect this is
fixed by bug 99063 which went into the trunk a few days ago and in the branch
last night.  If you still see this on a build from today, please re-open this bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 99063 ***

Comment 2

[Keith Briscoe]

Bug confirmed as still happening on 2001092603 trunk builds.  The two examples
(I think) should trigger the same behavior in Mozilla and do not.

Comment 3

[Peter Lubczynski]

This is the desired behavior. Because of HTML 4.01 spec, we don't show the
default plugin for OBJECT tag.

In the future, maybe there can be a better way to invoke the default plugin. See
bug 83754.

Comment 4

[Keith Briscoe]

Thanks for the info Peter.  This bug looks like a complete dupe of bug#83754. 
Feel free to mark it as such.

Comment 5

[Peter Lubczynski]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83754 ***

Comment 6

[shrirang khanzode]

mass duplicate verifications . For filtering purposes, pls use keywd
"massdupverification"