Closed
Bug 199263
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page ( about: ), if Javascript is disabled
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: miavir, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 In trying to find the version of the installed Mozilla, it is natural to look at the 'Help -> About Mozilla' Menu. The page that comes up however does *NOT* contain the version info. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. In Menu select 'Help -> About Mozilla' Actual Results: Shows Mozilla Info, but doesn't contain Version Info. Expected Results: Added the Version info to the page.
Comment 1•22 years ago
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Did you install Mozilla 1.3 over a previous Mozilla with extensions ?
I installed 1.3 by moving the old directory where it had been residing away, then installing the new version in the same place as the old was located. As such, no data from the old installation remained, except such info as is in the users own home directories.
Comment 4•22 years ago
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'Help -> About Mozilla' needs Javascript enabled to display version info. without Javascript it shows only 'Mozilla' linking to http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
Comment 5•22 years ago
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With me it shows the correct version info when I have enabled Javascript. When I disable Javascript for Navigator it doesn't show the version info. Should we put a message between <noscript> tags? Like: "Enable JavaScript in the preferences to view version information." ?
Could this be made to work *without* having to have javascript on ? After all, you generate that page yourself. And I really don't see why you have to turn on javascript, with all the concommittant security risks that entails, just so that you can see which Mozilla you're running.
Component: Help → Browser-General
Comment 7•21 years ago
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To repeat the good idea from comment #5: The about: menue should contain a string in <noscript> tags, that suggests to turn Javascript on to see the version info.
Assignee: asa → oeschger
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Browser-General → Help
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Linux → All
QA Contact: asa → tpreston
Summary: Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page. → Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page, if Javascript is disabled
Comment 8•21 years ago
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Asking for a simple fix: The about: menue should contain a string in <noscript> tags, that suggests to turn Javascript on to see the version info.
Flags: blocking1.5a?
Flags: blocking1.4.x?
Comment 9•21 years ago
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Firebird is displaying UserAgent info regardless of Javascript allowed or not. Found in Firebirds aboutDialog.xul: <script type="application/x-javascript"> <![CDATA[ function onLoad() { var userAgentField = document.getElementById("userAgent"); userAgentField.value = navigator.userAgent; } ]]> </script>
URL: about:
Flags: blocking1.5a? → blocking1.5a-
Summary: Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page, if Javascript is disabled
Updated•21 years ago
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Summary: Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page, if Javascript is disabled
Comment 10•21 years ago
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not a help bug. kicking up to browser-general
Assignee: oeschger → general
Component: Help → Browser-General
QA Contact: tpreston → general
Comment 11•21 years ago
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Confirming this behaviour for Version 4.1 Implementating this via JavaScript is simply nuts. It is so trivial to change this to pure HTML that this issue is not even worth any character that folks have typed here. Don't tell me IE is unsafe. If you force users to enable JavaScript just to see the version info, you are going the same direction. Mozilla is not in any way more bulletproof against buffer overflows etc. than IE is. I couldn't believe this concept when I first saw it.
Updated•21 years ago
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Flags: blocking1.4.x? → blocking1.4.x-
Comment 12•20 years ago
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This bug may be a duplicate of Bug 91779.
Comment 13•20 years ago
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Bug 91779 was morphed into an about: bug when it was origionlly an about:plugins bug. In comment 30 of that bug amutch suggested seperating the bug to an about:plugins bug and an about: bug.
Updated•20 years ago
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Summary: Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page, if Javascript is disabled → Mozilla Version Info missing from 'Help->About Mozilla' Page ( about: ), if Javascript is disabled
Comment 14•20 years ago
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My reading of Bug 91779 is that it was intentionally expanded to encompass both the about:plugins and about: problems. Bugs filed solely on the about: problem have been consistently marked as duplicates of Bug 91779. See comment #21 of Bug 91779, comment #2 of Bug 98169, comment #5 and comment #6 of Bug 179090, comment #1 of Bug 207801 and particularly comment #4 of Bug 106588. I believe that this bug should also be marked as a duplicate of Bug 91779 and closed.
Comment 15•20 years ago
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OK, let's try again and write that reference list as: Bug 91779 comment #21; Bug 98169 comment #2; Bug 179090 comment #5 and comment #6; Bug 207801 comment #1 and particularly Bug 106588 comment #4.
Comment 16•20 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91779 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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