56653 - Bad wording when getting any plugin

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

Description

[Stephen P. Morse]

The first time you go to a page that uses java, you get a message about fetching 
the java plugin.  That message says:

   The smart update feature makes it easy to install new plugins.  To take
   advantage of SmartUpdate, you must enable java, javascript,
   and autoinstall in the advanced panel of the preferences, then click the
   plugin icon on the page.

But the advanced pref panel does not have have a checkbox for autoinstall (it 
does have checkboxes for java and javascript).  Rather the autoinstall checkbox 
is under the "Software Installation" subpanel of the advanced panel.  
Furthermore, it is never referred to as autoinstall on this subpanel.

Comment 1

[Igor Kushnirskiy]

Changing module to OJI

Comment 2

[drapeau]

Re-assigning to module owner (Ed Burns), and copying fixer of bug 48483, since
this might be relevant.

Comment 3

[edburns]

This is probably a XUL problem.  Re-assigning.

Comment 4

[John Morrison]

That'd be a plugin resource files ... ->plugins/av/shrir

Comment 5

[av (gone)]

The fix would be trivial. If anybody comes up with the correct wording...

Comment 6

[Peter Lubczynski]

*** Bug 59838 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Peter Lubczynski]

This is just like the other one I had. We should get the wording right since 
it's easy.

Eric, what would you like it to say?

Comment 8

[Michael La Guardia]

I'm adding Steve Rudman to the bug.  Steve, is it possible that someone from
your team can suggest wording?

Comment 9

[Peter Lubczynski]

Chris,

What do you think this should say?

See http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=19628
for current display.

Comment 10

[rudman]

There is no need to introduce the term "SmartUpdate" here, since the term isn't
used in the UI or in the Help. And I assume the users are taken directly to the
plug-ins page and that they bypass the SmartUpdate main page. 

The prefs mentioned are set by default, so we don't want to obligate users to
cancel out of this modal dialog just to check prefs that are probably enabled.
But we can leave text in the dialog that might help if they run into trouble.
Suggested rewording for the last paragraph of the dialog:

"To retrieve the plug-in now, click the Get the Plug-in button and then select
the plug-in you need from the page that appears. If you have trouble installing
the plug-in, make sure that Java and JavaScript are enabled in Advanced
preferences, and that software installation is enabled (in the Software
Installation category under Advanced)."

You can delete "What would you like to do?"

Comment 11

[Peter Lubczynski]

Will the localization freeze effect this bug? If so, this needs to be done 
ASAP. 

Frank, do you know?

Comment 12

[karnaze (gone)]

Moving to mozilla0.8.1

Comment 13

[Peter Lubczynski]

Attachment: windows patch to npnul32.res

Comment 14

[Peter Lubczynski]

This needs to be changed on all platforms to be correct.

Comment 15

[av (gone)]

ar=av

Comment 16

[Peter Lubczynski]

Marc, can I get a sr= on this one too?

Comment 17

[Marc Attinasi]

sr=attinasi for the Windows patch. What about the other platforms?

Comment 18

[Peter Lubczynski]

Other platforms coming soon as I learn their resource editors.

We should have an XP solution for the NULL plugin.

Comment 19

[Peter Lubczynski]

Other platforms Default Plugins' don't have so much text. Their message seems
fine to me as is. This is only Windows.

Comment 20

[Peter Lubczynski]

Patch checked in. 


===> new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3

Comment 21

[shrirang khanzode]

verified that new wordings show up properly now in the "download java plugin 
dialog. (0416)