274340 - typo error in http authentification confirmation dialog

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Mathieu Deaudelin-Lemay (previous account)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910

When you try to access a URL which contains HTTP credentials, Mozilla asks you
if you really want to go to the page. However, there is a typo error in the
message. There is a comma or a dot between the quotes. Some users may think that
they misspelled their username, which is not the case.

There are two different prompts that may be displayed. The typo appears in both
prompts and even in Firefox (the messages are different in Firefox, but there is
still an error).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to connect to any page with a username.
   For instance, try http://[e-mail]/demos/CVS_STABLE/
2. Look at the error prompt.

Actual Results:  
You are about to log into... with the username "abcd."
<OK> <Cancel>

Expected Results:  
You are about to log into... with the username "abcd".
<OK> <Cancel>

Comment 1

[simon annear]

I don't get this in a later release of the mozilla suite

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20041208.

Are you able to upgrade to a later version of mozilla (perhaps 1.8a6) and see if
you can still see the problem.

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Attachment: Screenshot of 1.8a6

Comment 3

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Works fine for me; displays with the comma after the quotations.

Comment 4

[Stefan Borggraefe]

The string is correct, the comma is after the username and the quotation mark:

http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/netwerk/locales/en-US/necko.properties#72

Marking WORKSFORME.

Comment 5

[timeless]

fixed by darin:
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&root=/cvsroot&subdir=mozilla/netwerk/resources/locale/en-US/Attic&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&file=necko.properties&rev2=1.18&rev1=1.17

Comment 6

[Mathieu Deaudelin-Lemay (previous account)]

No, I'm not using Mozilla 1.8a6. I never use alphas.

The bug seems now to be fixed in the new Mozilla versions. However, I'd like to
make sure that it will be fixed in Firefox too. Firefox uses different dialogs
that might still contain the error.

Comment 7

[Darin Fisher]

the bug will be fixed when firefox is released off the trunk (i.e., firefox
1.1).  there are no plans to take fixes like this on the aviary 1.0 branch for a
firefox 1.0.1 or something like that.  so you will have to wait until next march
(or so) for this fix to appear in a release version of firefox.