120374 - Remove 'get new themes' link to themes.org in prefs->themes

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Themes, defect)

Description

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

themes.org, aside from being constantly down, and now only listing two themes
(one of which actually works, but only if you go to the guys page and install it
from there instead), is not, and should not be, endorsed by Mozilla.org.

This doesn't affect Netscape-branded builds as they use a netscape.com
repository anyway (equally broken last I checked, but not our problem :P).

Comment 1

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

view->apply theme->get new themes too

hard coded links baaaad.

Comment 2

[Blake Ross]

We can change the link to "sfesfefsefse" if you'd like, but we can't remove it.
The code is in the Mozilla tree, only the link url is forked.  This system makes
it easier for a distributor to provide an url if they'd like.

Comment 3

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Duping to 120985 which wants to change the URL to xulplanet.com.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 120985 ***

Comment 4

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

> We can change the link to "sfesfefsefse" if you'd like, but we can't remove it.

Then there's your bug. What about a hidden=true type fork? Certainly Netscape
has a better system then this in place, where they can add a button to a pref
dialog.

Comment 5

[Blake Ross]

I said *we* (in Mozillaland) shouldn't remove it.  Distributors can certainly 
edit the xul (or even just the css) to remove it. If you're complaining about 
there not being a way to completely remove it by just touching DTD files, well, 
as far as I know distributors can't remove any button by just tweaking DTDs. So 
I don't see that as a bug.  (Although, in this case, setting the url to "" may 
very well make the <a> disappear.)

Comment 6

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

Why on earth would Mozilla not want this. First of all, Mozilla is for
distributors, not end users, so it should have all the features there ready to
be changed or removed by distributors, not the other way around. Secondly, at
least one Mozilla user (i.e. me) wants this feature. Third, it is causing no harm.

This is _so_ blatently a WONTFIX. Marking as such.

Comment 7

[Jason Kersey]

Fool.

Comment 8

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

Mozilla should use my skin site, rather then XULPlanets. Favoritism!
  http://turbogeek.org/mozilla/skinz/

Comment 9

[Blake Ross]

Yep. Favoritism rules.

Comment 10

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

It's not favouritism: your site sucks. it only has two themes. XUL planet has
at least 5.