372297 - Bogus sandbox link on add-on info page

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

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

Description

[Wladimir Palant]

If I try to switch to sandbox on the display page of some add-on I get http://preview.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/display/status:1 - missing argument. Similarly, the "Public" link on for a sandboxed add-on brings me to http://preview.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/display. I think these links shouldn't be there at all like it is on the reviews/discussions pages, at least I cannot find any meaningful function for them. Red installation box should be enough to indicate the sandbox.

Comment 1

[Andrei [:sancus]]

Removed those links.

Comment 2

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

I haven't seen anywhere where we explain what the red installation box means.  To someone that hasn't seen it or is unfamiliar with the concept, do you think they'll understand?  (I don't)

Comment 3

[Andrei [:sancus]]

The red installation box is in the sandbox, and to be in the sandbox you must have explicitly checked in your user profile that you want to be there.... So that explanation should probably be contained in whatever warning page we put before you're allowed to enable sandbox in your profile?

Comment 4

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

I agree. Explaining it over and over seems unnecessary. Once on the warning page seems to suffice for me.

Comment 5

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Sounds reasonable to me.  No one reads warnings, but it would at least give us something to point to. :)