264684 - Plugin finder doesn't refresh correctly on reload

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit Graveyard :: Plugin Finder Service, defect)

Description

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

BUILD: Current branch Firefox nightly

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1)  Load page that has an <object> for a MIME type we don't support (from
    file://)
2)  Change the page so that the <object> has a MIME type we _do_ support
3)  Reload or shift-reload.

EXPECTED RESULTS: object gets rendered, yellow bar goes away.

ACTUAL RESULTS: object gets rendered, yellow bar does NOT go away.

It looks like session history loads, even ones that refetch from server just
don't cause the plugin finder bar to reinit correctly...

Comment 1

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

This is probably a bug in Ben's yellowbar code, it controls when the bar goes.

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Please reassign as appropriate.  I couldn't figure out which component fit for this.

Comment 3

[Worcester12345]

There is a lot of trouble with history stuff being all screwed up right now.

Comment 4

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

Bug 836415 has now removed the Plugin Finder Service (PFS) from Firefox. As a result, I'm closing all the remaining PFS bugs.

If you're getting this bugmail for an ancient PFS bug, the basic summary of the world today is:

* NPAPI plugins are a dying technology
* PFS was already restricted to assisting with only the 4 most common plugins
* Sites commonly provide their own UI for install a required plugin
* Mozilla is generally focusing on  improving the web platform so that proprietary plugins are not required.

(Note that "plugins" are a completely separate from "browser extensions", such at those found on addons.mozilla.org. The latter are not going anywhere, and are not impacted by the removal of PFS.)