264392 - Installed extensions don't give feedback

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[TuringT]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040914 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040914 Firefox/0.10.1

When you install an extension with the extension manager and it finish
downloading, the box for this extension moves to the end of the extension list. 

There only fit four of these boxes in the default size of the extension window.
So if there are more than four installed extensions, the "this item will be
installed after you restart firefox" message is hidden from view and the user is
not given feedback of the correct download.

This is a really anoying usability bug that (probably) could be corrected
removing a single line of code (the one that moves the extension ordering after
downloading).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a Firefox with 4 extensions already installed.
2. Install a new extension.
3. Wait after the extension is fully downloaded.

Actual Results:  
When the progress bar fills up, the box for the extension disappears and no
feedback is given.

Expected Results:  
Extensions filed for install after Firefox restart should remain at the top of
the extension manager, in the same place where they get downloaded.

Comment 1

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

There was a recent change to the widget used and now it goes to the end of the
list. Can you verify the behavior is acceptable?

Comment 2

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

When I say goes I mean scrolls.

Comment 3

[TuringT]

I couldn't try it - i'm using Firefox/1.0.4 (Ubuntu package 1.0.6) and it didn't
scroll. 

But yes, the behavior that you described should be enough - if I understand it
right:

1. Open a Firefox with 4 extensions already installed.
2. Install a new extension.
3. Wait after the extension is fully downloaded.
4. When the progress bar fills up, the the extension list scrolls to the end,
the box for the new extension is put at the bottom of the list and the "this
item will be installed after you restart firefox" message is visible.

Is it how it happens? Then the bug is solved that way (though I would still
prefer either 1) the new extension to remain at the top of the list instead of
being moved or 2) the new extension is shown at the bottom of the list the whole
time, even when it's being downloaded).

Comment 4

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

(In reply to comment #3)
> Is it how it happens? Then the bug is solved that way
Yes, this is the new behavior in 1.5.

> prefer either 1) the new extension to remain at the top of the list instead of
> being moved or 2) the new extension is shown at the bottom of the list the
> whole time, even when it's being downloaded).
The ui needs additional work above and beyond this bug which will most likely include changes that will be more to your liking.