257088 - Some plugins when installed think Sunbird is a browser

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[Niko Pavlicek]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040826 Firefox/0.9.1+ StumbleUpon/1.995
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a3) Gecko/20040809 Mozilla Sunbird/0.2a

when I install the flash plugin for firefox (flash version 7,0,19,0), it gives
me a list of all possible browsers on my system.
I get, as expected, firefox and "mozilla sunbird 0.2a.".

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. download the flashplayer7installer.exe URL given above
2. execute the installer
3. read the browser list on installer page 2

Actual Results:  
if I choose to install it for sunbird, after the installation it shows me a
window with a macromedia example page without toolbars, but the sunbird icon in
the upper left corner

Expected Results:  
Sunbird shouldn't make the system think it is a browser

Comment 1

[Niko Pavlicek]

this also happens with the showave installer.

Comment 2

[Justin Wood (:Callek)]

half-technically it is a browser, if I remember right we still build on-top of
Firefox architechture, just we dont have an inert method to load Firefox, and we
disable alot of the FF mechanics to keep us as lean as possible, this will be
fixed... leaving open with a slightly modified Summary, just until it truely is
fixed.

(Not confirming since I did not test)

Comment 3

[Joey Minta]

Reporter:
    This looks like a duplicate of bug 255951.  Please look over it, and if you
agree that this is a duplicate, please mark it as such.  (Also, can you confirm
if you're still experiencing this problem?)

Comment 4

[Joey Minta]

I believe this got fixed somewhere along the line.  I tested both Flashplayer
(comment #0) and Shockwave (comment #1) and neither picked up Sunbird 0.2. 
Marking resolved.

Comment 5

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

The bugspam monkeys have been set free and are feeding on Calendar :: General. Be afraid for your sanity!