749031 - Proper error message should be thrown instead of an exception when installation fails

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox Graveyard :: Web Apps, defect)

Description

[Mohamed Dabbagh]

Windows 7, 64-bit
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120425 Firefox/15.0a1

When the user tries to install an app and it fails, an exception is thrown instead of an actual error message.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Nightly
2. Go to https://apps.mozillalabs.com/appdir/?db=db/apps-preview.json
3. Try to install Sky TV Guide app

Actual Results:
An exception is thrown (in a pop-up) that states: "Error in installation: [object DOMError]"

Expected Results:
A proper error message is thrown instead of an exception.

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

App dir is a test directory, so we won't fix bugs for this. Open a bug in marketplace to improve error messages for failed installs if they need improvement. If firefox is not giving enough information, then we'll add a bug for that based on marketplace's team feedback.