240824 - error messages blocking whole mozilla window (all tabs) --> annoying

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 123913

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Mathias Panzenböck]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

When an error occurs (e.g. site not found) a error window pops up which blocks
the whole mozilla window, not only the tab in which the error occured. It would
be MUCH nicer if the error will be shown only in the tab, where the error really
occured.

I think this would be best solved by displaying a layer over the current page
(of the error-tab) in which the error message is displayed. A OK button should
be also placed on this layer. So the error message would not longer be a
seperated (popup) window, it would be embedded in the tab (in which the error
occured).

I think this would be a great idea for all popup dialoges (e.g. for the
http-authentification dialoge).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. A popup message (like a error message) pops up.

Actual Results:  
The mozilla window is blocked.

Expected Results:  
Embed a (error) messsage into the specific tab.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 123913 ***

Comment 2

[Mathias Panzenböck]

Damn. I really thought, that I searched well enough! But apperently I didn't,
cause I still can't find that existing bug report!