404960 - Add-on manager doesn't display some kinds of add-ons

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 339056

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[S. Ali Tokmen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9

The Mozilla add-on manager is a wonderful tool, using which we can disable/uninstall the add-ons we want.

Now here's the problem: this manager unfortunately doesn't show some types of add-ons. Those include:

    - Macromedia Flash (for which I couldn't find, in Windows, any user-friendly was of deactivating)
    - Sun Java (which can be disabled using the Java control panel)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have a Mozilla Firefox installation with Macromedia Flash or Sun Java installed (note that Firefox will automatically ask to install the Flash plug-in when it encounters a Flash site)
2. Go to Tools - Add-ons
Actual Results:  
In the list, neither Flash or Java appear

Expected Results:  
All installed add-ons, including Flash and Java, should have appeared

I tested with Macromedia Flash 9 and Sun Java 6 update 3

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

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