1292481 - "Sidebar directory" opens Browser default Start Page instead of sidebar panels repository

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: Sidebar, defect)

Description

[Rainer Bielefeld]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug 37877 +++
Steps how to reproduce  NOT reproducible REPRODUCIBLE with official en-US SeaMonkey 2.48a1  (NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:51.0)  Gecko/20100101 Firefox/51.0 Build 20160804000913  (Default Classic Theme)  on German WIN7 64bit:
1. Launch Browser → <f9> to open sidebar if necessary
2. ˋIn Sidebar Heading above panels ˋclick Tabs → Sidebar directoryˊ
   Expected: opens web page with overview of additional sidebar panels
   Actual: Opens default start page in new Browser Window

a) History
   Long ago when Bug 37877 was filed the link lead to DMOZ contents 
   with links to Netscape contents as reported
   After a while that has been replaced by a link to an unmeaning
   page on seamonkey-project.org
b) I haven't a clue where a sidebars overview can be found
c) Same with ˋTabs → Customize Sidebar → find more sidebarsˊ

Comment 1

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

Confirmed en-US x64.

>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0 
>> SeaMonkey/2.46
>> Build identifier: 20160805013029

Looks ancient and should probably just be removed. Firefox doesn't even with classic theme restorer have the full sidebar functionality any more as far as I can see so its likely this is unused.

Comment 2

[Rainer Bielefeld]

I will try to gain some knowledge concerning useful sidebars. If we get a considerable number of sidebars, we should create a list 8in the wiki?) and add a link to that?

Comment 3

[Isaac Schemm]

Just found bug 411526 (filed in early 2008) which is "Move 'sidebar-rdf.netscape.com' to something like 'sidebar-rdf.seamonkey-project.org', or drop this feature."

Right now it depends on Bug 613971 "Replace SeaMonkey sidebar code with something more modern" but I don't know if it needs to.

Comment 4

[Rainer Bielefeld]

"Bug 613971 - Replace SeaMonkey sidebar code with something more modern" is concerning a complete rewriting of the sidebar code, not concerning improvement of some details. But of course, new code may not lead to wrong targets.

Comment 5

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

Please check if this is still a problem. 

It now opens https://edmullen.net/mozilla/moz_sidebar.php for me in 2.49.1 

Didn't check 2.46 yet. Bug 1367916 removed the long ago dead customization option but is only fixed in 2.52+ Bug 411526 ended up as a duplicate for it.

Comment 6

[Isaac Schemm]

For future reference, I found a page with more panels at https://vangeijt.home.xs4all.nl/panels/panelizer.html

Comment 7

[Rainer Bielefeld]

(In reply to Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg) from comment #5)
> It now opens https://edmullen.net/mozilla/moz_sidebar.php for me in 2.49.1 

Yes, but that is not a real solution, many of the listed Sidebars on <https://edmullen.net/mozilla/sidebar_urls.php> do not work: <https://seamonkeyde.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/sidebar-panels-die-nicht-mehr-funktionieren-%E2%99%B0/>

Comment 8

[Rainer Bielefeld]

I doubt that we can get something better than current link target, Ed Mullen's SEAMONKEY SIDEBARS

So WFM or even FIXED?