399127 - Cannot install extensions

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 295462

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Bob Calvin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914 Firefox/2.0.0.7
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

All extensions for Thunderbird are automatically loaded into Firefox. There is no option given as to where to save the extension file. The instructions say to right-click on the install button but is next to impossible with a one-button mouse!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to Thunderbird extensions page.
2.Chose an extension.
3.Click on install.
Actual Results:  
Extension is automatically installed on Firefox Add-ons

Expected Results:  
Extension installation should ask where to save extension file so that it can be installed on Thunderbird

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Yeah, extension installation needs to be simpler, but, "next to impossible"? Ctrl+click, two fingers on a trackpad and click, set the hidden Firefox pref to bring back click+hold for right click, off the top of my head; probably dozens of others and ways to make those work for whatever form of awkward pointing device and keyboard with missing keys you might have in http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38 and all over the web. Unless you're deriving some pleasure out of being "unable" to right click, there's no need not to be able to easily do so.