286584 - "URL Link" Extention downloads an html doc, not an xpi installer package

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Mike Deliman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1

I went to download and install "URL Link" for Thunderbird from the URL below. 
Following the instructions, "save link as", the link saves an HTML file, not an
XPI installer package.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=thunderbird&version=1.0&os=Windows&id=403
2. right-click "save link as"
3.It will save an HTML file instead of an XPI installer

Actual Results:  
As per steps above, it saved an HTML instead of an XPI.  

Expected Results:  
Other extentions download XPI installers.  It should be a link to an XPI
installer file, not an HTML file.

Comment 1

[Mike Deliman]

In steps to reproduce, right click "install now" and select "save link as".

Comment 2

[Jeff Morris]

This bug looks like a dupe of bug # 283809; only difference is getting .html 
file instead of .php when using same 'save as' process.

Comment 3

[MW]

dupe of bug 299372 ??

Comment 4

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur with the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported Thunderbird version 2 is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 5

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to the last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.