254783 - Firefox theme installation is unreliable

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 222654

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Lorenzo Statie]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8a3) Gecko/20040807 Firefox/0.9.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8a3) Gecko/20040807 Firefox/0.9.1+

To install new themes I go to Mozilla.org/firefox and click on the "Get Themes"
link. From there I cannot determine which themes work on a Mac. When I select
all and filter for MacOSX themes the same themes keep showing. These themes
download but do not show in the themes dilaog that pops up next, or
Tools->Themes. When I go to Firefox->Preferences... and choose Themes, some of
the themes that failed to show under Tools->Themes, do show. Most of them can be
choses and applied but then the scrollbar becomes a grey rectangle and I cannot
see where the scroller is to scroll the page. I tried many builds and up to the
latest nighty, they all have this problem. Only the default theme "that I do not
like" and Saferfox work. Themes like Noia Extreme, that used to work, do not
work any more (even the latest update fails).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Goto Mozilla.org/firefox.
2. Select "Get Themes".
3. Install a theme, after filtering for MacOSX themes.

Actual Results:  
The theme downloads, but nothing is shown in the Themes dialog that pops up.
With luck, the theme will show under Firefox->Preferences..., but I get no
scroll bars after I apply the theme.

Expected Results:  
I expected the theme to show in both Theme manager & Preferences. I also
expected the theme to install and work right, allow me to see scrollbars

P.S. The Qute theme, installs but Firefox always reverts back to the default
theme, after I close the application and launch it again. While it is working, I
can spawn new windows and they get the Qute theme applied to them, until I close
the Firefox.

Comment 1

[shadytrees]

Have you tried installing a theme on a new profile?
"/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -ProfileManager" in your Terminal.

Comment 2

[Lorenzo Statie]

I have deleted my profile and let Firefox create a new one. Themes do not even install  now. None 
installs. I downloaded the latest nightly and still, no theme installs at all.

Comment 3

[PikeUK]

Could you try testing theme installation with an Aviary branch build, I'm not
sure the trunk is up to date in that area.

Comment 4

[Lorenzo Statie]

You were correct, the Branch does allow me to install Themes. Just 1 problem, on
the Mac, only Saferfox, Noia Extreme, Noia Yop & the default theme work right.
Themes like, Qute, iCandy Junior and most other themes, show their icons, but
will not show a scroll bar with scroller. I get a grey rectangle in place of a
scroll bar and no scroller in it.

Comment 5

[PikeUK]

The scrollbar bug on Mac is a known problem (Bug 222654), I'll mark this bug as
a duplicate of that one. See also Bug 252294 for hiding these themes from Mac
users on http://update.mozilla.org/

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 222654 ***

Comment 6

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs,
filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change