719184 - Modal dialog box appearing on denying installation is annoying and provides no value

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Web Apps :: General, defect)

Description

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Steps:

1. Start a new firefox profile and install the OWA extension
2. Go to https://apps.mozillalabs.com/appdir/
3. Select an application to install
4. A prompt will appear asking to install the app
5. Click anywhere in the browser window

Expected:

The dialog to ask to install the app should disappear, the install button should reappear for the app, and the user should be able to continue using the page.

Actual:

An annoying modal dialog box appears indicating "oh no baby, business hours are over: denied - User denied installation request."

Additional Notes:

It would probably be better to follow a similar installation process as when the extension isn't installed - Have a modal dialog box appear and allow a user to select how to install the application (Native + Web, Web, Cancel).

Comment 1

[Ian Bicking (:ianbicking)]

The popup confirmation dialog is implemented in the appdir code itself, not in the extension or elsewhere.  So it's basically just lazy coding in a codebase that was intended to be kind of throw-away.  We could fix it, but I'm not sure if we care about that (though currently since the Marketplace doesn't have public pages, it doesn't serve as a good alternative for testing things out).

Comment 2

[Ian Bicking (:ianbicking)]

We'll have to revisit the appdir code for the API change (I don't think we can remove appdir before then), so it wouldn't be a big deal to remove this annoyance at that time.

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Given that the app directory has become a test page, should we resolve this bug be resolved as a won't fix, given that this isn't important?