635849 - When I try to download add-on with SeaMonkey error message pops up and says that I have to use a Mozilla based browser to download.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Justin Leung]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11

Error message says,
Sorry, you need a Mozilla-based browser (such as Firefox) to install a search plugin.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open SeaMonkey 2.0.11
2.Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/search/?q=mp3+search&cat=all&x=0&y=0
3.Click on Bee mp3 +Add to seamonkey
Actual Results:  
Error message popped up.

Expected Results:  
Started download of add-on.

I was using the beta version of SeaMonkey.

Comment 1

[Philip Chee]

Addons.mozilla.org only offers openSearch plugins which work with SeaMonkey 2.1b2.

For Sherlock plugins for SeaMonkey 2.0.11 go to.
<http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html>
Click on [more...] and make sure that
[x] Sherlock (Mozilla-based browsers)
is selected.

Comment 2

[Justin Leung]

Thanks.

Comment 3

[Philip Chee]

So I assume that Mycroft worked for you?