Closed
Bug 260879
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
download controls should be buttons, not links
Categories
(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)
Toolkit
Downloads API
Tracking
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VERIFIED
FIXED
mozilla1.9alpha8
People
(Reporter: k, Assigned: sdwilsh)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: [p-safari])
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10 The cancel, pause, open & remove controls for each download should be buttons, not links. Links are web page controls and have no place in the application unless they load a URL. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a download 2. Look at the controls Actual Results: controls are links Expected Results: controls are buttons
Comment 1•20 years ago
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Confirming bug based on Windows UI guidelines: "In Web-style applications, you can include both hyperlinks and command buttons in your interface. As a general rule, use hyperlinks for navigating to locations and buttons for carrying out actions." Design Specifications and Guidelines -> Window Management -> Web-Application Interface http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch10e.asp Firefox is *not* a web application, it's an application that runs locally. Therefore, it should use standard application widgets (i.e. buttons in this case). Prog.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Comment 2•19 years ago
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*** Bug 285852 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3•18 years ago
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*** Bug 340334 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•18 years ago
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Updated•17 years ago
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QA Contact: ali → download.manager
Updated•17 years ago
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Assignee: bugs → nobody
Updated•17 years ago
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OS: Windows 2000 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Whiteboard: [p-safari]
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Updated•17 years ago
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Target Milestone: --- → Firefox 3 M8
Updated•17 years ago
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Flags: in-litmus?
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Comment 4•17 years ago
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I *really* don't think a litmus test is needed for this.
Flags: in-litmus? → in-litmus-
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Comment 5•17 years ago
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Fixed by Bug 388517.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Flags: in-testsuite-
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Comment 6•17 years ago
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Yeah, this is fine on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.9a8pre) Gecko/2007081304 Minefield/3.0a8pre and Linux/Windows XP SP2/Vista OSs; I'll be spinning off any/all separate bugs for specific cases (tooltips/functions/appearance, etc.). Verified FIXED
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•16 years ago
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Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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