Closed
Bug 433819
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
Add-on not found! error is neither friendly nor helpful
Categories
(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, enhancement, P5)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
4.x (triaged)
People
(Reporter: timeless, Unassigned)
References
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Details
1. load https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/browse/type:2 experimental Preview Image of Betfair Toolbar A toolbar to help users of the Betfair betting... Not yet rated 1 weekly downloads Learn more 2. click Betfair Toolbar actual result: Add-on not found! and no other content. the page has a p which is styled like an h1. this is inappropriate. it also has a meta refresh which may not work in some browsers and no hint to users of such browsers that it's supposed to redirect. the fact that it runs away is confusing. because then i think i've lost my tab.
Comment 1•16 years ago
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This is a (very old) cake built-in and I agree it's not very friendly. Particularly because I think we run across it in more places than just an add-on id not found (although no examples come to mind).
Comment 2•16 years ago
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I agree we should replace this with something more useful. I have done that in the past during the course of, for example, redoing the user profile editing. The reason why it's ugly is that this error should never[TM] occur unless the user provoked it but in the case you are describing here, they just followed a regular link.
I'd actually suggest you replace the built-in with a "please file a bug" page similar to the one Bugzilla generates when it suffers an error. that way people will tell you when things that should never[tm] happen do happen to happen :). http://mxr-test.landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla/source/template/en/default/global/code-error.html.tmpl
Updated•15 years ago
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Severity: normal → enhancement
Priority: -- → P5
Target Milestone: --- → 4.x (triaged)
Comment 4•14 years ago
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Zamboni has much more helpful error pages/messages. If anything's wrong with those, people should (and will) file more specific bugs later.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Assignee | ||
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: addons.mozilla.org → addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
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