624271 - Clicking on the crashme-new.xpi link doesn't trigger installation on n900

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

Visiting the given URL and clicking the link attempts to download the extension instead of installing it.

Comment 1

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

Josh, can you try to download it from http://people.mozilla.org/~fdesre/extensions/ ?

google code adds a content-disposition header with the value |attachment; filename="crashme-new.xpi"| that probably causes this. I get the same result on a desktop firefox (minefield) build.

Comment 2

[dihaynes77]

Attachment: screen shot after nightly blocked the download

Comment 3

[dihaynes77]

Attachment: screen shot of message thatcrash me is not compatible

Comment 4

[dihaynes77]

I was able to duplicate this error with this installation link: http://ted.mielczarek.org/mozilla/crashme-new.xpi

Fabrice's link yielded a page that linked to the download crashme.xpi.

1. Click crashme.xpi.
2. Click allow as per the prompt.
3. Error message appeared in a box stating that Crash Me Now! could not be installed because it is not compatible with Nightly 35.0a1.
4. I was prompted to update Nightly and restarted the browser.
5. I went through the process again and the bug persisted.

Comment 5

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This bug is filed against a long dead product. From your screenshot, that looks like desktop Firefox. Check for bugs against Firefox on Desktop.

Comment 6

[dihaynes77]

Hi, Aaron. I ran this test on a recent Firefox Nightly release. It's unstable but definitely not an old version. https://nightly.mozilla.org/

Comment 7

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

I filed this bug against Mobile Firefox on the old Nokia n900 phone, which is what Aaron is referring to. Bugs are cheap; no need to reuse them for similar symptoms.