Closed Bug 346207 Opened 19 years ago Closed 18 years ago

Listings want instructions on how to install add-ons in non-browser apps

Categories

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Product:
addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Public Pages
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 371010

People

(Reporter: cwtrn2k, Unassigned)

References

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Details

(Whiteboard: multiapp)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060719 Firefox/1.5.0.5 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060719 Firefox/1.5.0.5 The instructions say "2. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open the extension manager (Tools Menu/Extensions)". I tried this several times before I realized the reason it was not working was because this is a Theme, not an Extension. The instructions should say "In Mozilla Thunderbird, open the THEMES manager (Tools Menu/THEMES). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.See details 2. 3. Actual Results: See details Expected Results: See details See details
Assignee: jwalden+fxhelp → nobody
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Help Documentation → Public Pages
Ever confirmed: true
Product: Thunderbird → Update
QA Contact: help-documentation → web-ui
Summary: Wrong instructions on how to install a theme → Wrong instructions on how to install a theme (referes to Extension Manager instead of Theme manager)
Version: unspecified → 2.0
You should contact the authors of the themes in question so that they can update the description; this isn't a bug in AMO.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
It is a bug in amo. The notice is displayed for every Thunderbird extension and Thunderbird theme. But it's slightly wrong for themes since you need to open Tools->Themes instead of Tools->Extensions: http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/webtools/addons/public/tpl/addon.tpl&rev=1.27&mark=77,80#75
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
*blush* -- I didn't notice it was a Thunderbird extension, though it says basically everywhere. Thanks for the correction.
Summary: Wrong instructions on how to install a theme (referes to Extension Manager instead of Theme manager) → Wrong instructions on how to install a Thunderbird theme (referes to Extension Manager instead of Theme manager)
It's all going to become irrelevant with Tb2 & the Add-on Manager.
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: PC → All
This bug has been partly obsoleted in that there's no difference between extension and theme manager anymore in Thunderbird 2. But it should say "Add-ons" instead of extension manager.
Summary: Wrong instructions on how to install a Thunderbird theme (referes to Extension Manager instead of Theme manager) → a.m.o-built-in instructions on how to install a Thunderbird add-on should refer to Add-ons instead of extension manager
Please forgive the morph; that text is gone in Remora entirely, but we need something like it put back. Possibly just a link to FAQ content would suffice here. I'd like to figure this out for 3.1, so that we have it in place for the Tb2 launch.
Summary: a.m.o-built-in instructions on how to install a Thunderbird add-on should refer to Add-ons instead of extension manager → Listings want instructions on how to install add-ons in non-browser apps
Whiteboard: multiapp
Version: 2.0 → 3.0
I filed bug 371010 before I saw your comment.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago → 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: addons.mozilla.org → addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
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