257789 - Software update window makes it impossible to use firefox in second window

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[jayram]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040902 Firefox/1.0 PR (NOT FINAL) StumbleUpon/1.995
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040902 Firefox/1.0 PR (NOT FINAL) StumbleUpon/1.995

The Software Updates dialog is modal or non modal depending on the location from
which it was invoked. This is inconsistent and should be either one of them
irrespective of from where it is invoked. Also when its modal ie when invoked from 
Tools --> Options --> Advanced, and then second firefox window is launched, the
second window is unusable at one can not enter anything into it

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Goto Tools --> Options --> Advanced
2. Make Sure that FireFox and My Extensions Check Boxes are checked
3. Click on Check Now Button
4. The "Checking for Updates" Dialog box comes up. Its modal You can not keep
working on firefox while this dialog is shown
5. Goto Tools--> Extensions
6. Click on Update Button. This time the Dialog box is not modal. I can play
around with browser while its checking for updates.
7. Side effect of first case if you launch second firefox window, it is unusable
till you dispose off the first "Update Firefox" dialog

Actual Results:  
Update Firefox dialog should not be modal irrespective of where its launched from

Expected Results:  
Update Firefox dialog is modal in some cases

Comment 1

[jayram]

Ok I got these in wrong order and dont know how to correct them. The correct way
is :

Actual Results:  
Update Firefox dialog is modal in some cases

Expected Results:  
Update Firefox dialog should not be modal irrespective of where its launched from

Comment 2

[Peter van der Woude [:Peter6]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040901
Firefox/1.0 PR (NOT FINAL)

Confirming
-> NEW
-> ?1.0

Comment 3

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

easy.

Comment 4

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Not a "blocker"

Comment 5

[Kevin Brosnan]

*** Bug 281087 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

*** Bug 284804 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Chris]

WFM
windows 2000
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050506
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 8

[Chris]

this bug should change to RESOLVED, FIXED...I'm able to work within the browser
either way (tool>options>advanced>update) or (tools>extensions>update) or
(tools>check for update...)

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050522
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005052219

Comment 9

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Using the steps in comment #0 I am not able to reproduce with a recent trunk.
This was probably fixed by the checkin for bug 274712 - New Options Dialog
Resolving > WFM