803781 - Disable tearing and Add LSApplicationCategoryType to the Info.plist so that SeaMonkey shows up under Productivity when sorting applications by Application Category in Finder.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: OS Integration, defect)

Description

[Philip Chee]

From Bug 714716 Comment 0:

> Lion Finder adds a new way of sorting applications: by Category; this is
> similar to sorting in the Mac App store. LSApplicationCategoryType is the
> key.
> 
> Safari is listed under 'productivity' here. Camino is currently listed
> under 'others'. Other categories listed in Apple's doc below.

Reference doc:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/LaunchServicesKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009250-SW8

See Also TB Bug 802704 - [OS X] add LSApplicationCategoryType to the info.plist

Comment 1

[Philip Chee]

Camino: http://hg.mozilla.org/camino/rev/0b3606a4f38f
> See Also TB Bug 802704 - [OS X] add LSApplicationCategoryType to the info.plist
Firefox: Bug 802703 - [OS X] add LSApplicationCategoryType to the info.plist
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/50083503d2e0

Comment 2

[Philip Chee]

Attachment: Patch v1.0 Proposed fix.

Fixes some whitespace irregularities.
Ports:
FX Bug 802703 - Add LSApplicationCategoryType to the Info.plist so that Firefox shows up under Productivity when sorting applications by Application Category in Finder.
Bug 736689. Disable tearing on OS X.

> We tear much worse than all other browser on OS X. I'm told this change was
> originally done for performance, but it doesn't seem to make much difference
> anymore: http://tinyurl.com/7ay3jzo. I expect because we no longer paint very
> much to the window context, we no longer see the improvement this used to
> bring. In addition, the refresh driver already coalesces paints.

Does NOT port:
* Bug 650451 - Associate the application with playable media types on Mac.
* Bug 474401 - Firefox on Mac does not register itself as being capable of opening SVG files.

Comment 3

[Philip Chee]

Pushed comm-central changeset bb9726218797:
http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/bb9726218797