480525 - Firefox 3 doesn't download Shockwave Player XPI

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Websites :: plugins.mozilla.org, defect)

Description

[Dilip Rai]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; GTB5; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Firefox 3 or above

Firefox uses Plug-in Finder Service to display information about missing plug-ins. In case of Shockwave plug-in finder service is returning some incorrect or out-dated data. These issues are listed below:
 
1.      Plug-in name is listed as "Macromedia Shockwave Player" and plug-in version is listed as "10.1".
 
Expected: Plug-in name should be changed to "Adobe Shockwave Player". The version part should be left empty. This is applicable to all versions of Firefox.
 
2.      XPI download location is missing (Firefox 3 only). The PFS XML doesn't contains XPI download location for Shockwave Player.
 
Expected: XPI Download location should be changed to https://www.adobe.com/go/xpi_shockwaveplayer_win
 
Plug-in Finder Service URL for Firefox 3 and Shockwave is:
https://pfs.mozilla.org/plugins/PluginFinderService.php?mimetype=application%2Fx-director&appID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}&appVersion=2009010616&clientOS=Windows%20NT%205.1&chromeLocale=en-US&appRelease=3.0.5 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure that Shockwave plugin is not installed
2. Visit a web site that requires shockwave plugin (e.g. http://www.maidmarian.com/sherwoodDungeon.htm)
3. Firefox will prompt for plugin download, click on install plugin option.
4. Plugin install wizard says "Failed to install plugin"


Actual Results:  
Firefox fails to download and install plugin

Expected Results:  
Firefox should download and install shockwave xpi

Comment 1

[Kev Needham [:kev]]

This is wfm with Firefox 4 on Win7 using the example above. We don't use XPI_location, however, as XPIs can't be used any more to install plugins. Instead we're using installer_location and http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/default/english/win95nt/latest/Shockwave_Installer_FF.exe