295495 - Security update can't be loaded

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 288054

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Mike Y]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

Security update Critical Updates (1) - Firefox 1.0.4 is found but then when
trying to load it tries downloading it forever and NEVER gets there.  A bit
scary because it IS a critical update afterall :o)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Software Update -> Check Now. 
2. When the dialog "Update Found" is displayed click "Install Now".
3. Wait forever ;o)

Actual Results:  
The dialog that is trying to "install now" never ends! :o)

Expected Results:  
Installed the security update within a reasonable time frame...

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Do you have software installation disabled at Tools->Options->Web
Features->"Allow web sites to install software"?

Comment 2

[Mike Y]

> Do you have software installation disabled at Tools->Options->Web
> Features->"Allow web sites to install software"?

OK, my fault... HOWEVER in regard to an improved design, Firefox really should
warn the user why the install is not going ahead... i.e. why have the "Install
Now" button available, ask if they want to install and THEN just wait forever...
not exactly good user interface design :o)))  Rest of the user interface of
course is excellent, but this would be an excellent improvement that is quite minor.

Many thanks for pointing out my error,
Mike.

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Yes, that is definitely a bug, but its already been filed :).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 288054 ***