81213 - Bookmark properties window is not an alert, so it shouldn't try to look like one

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 14211

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect, P4)

Description

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Build: 2001051504, Mac OS 9.1

To reproduce:
*   Open the properties window for a bookmark.

What you should see:
*   A properties window.

What you actually see:
*   Something that thinks it's an alert.

As a properties window, the bookmark properties window should not have any of 
the following:
-   icons on each tab (it should have a bookmark icon on the `General' tab, but
    that's for another bug);
-   annoying text explaining to you things like what a bookmark is (by the
    time you get to this window, you know quite enough about that sort of thing
    already);
-   `OK' or `Cancel' buttons (changes should be saved when the window is
    closed).

Comment 1

[Alex Bishop]

Taking each of your points in turn:

- Agreed.
- I think the text is useful. A user could come across the window while
exploring Mozilla (by activating the context menu on a Personal Toolbar item,
for example). The text helps to explain what the dialogue is for.
- On Windows, properties windows do have 'OK' and 'Cancel' buttons, so a fix for
this should be Mac only.

Comment 2

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

general polish/correctness

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

I don't get this.  Things like this are by nature dialogs on Windows, with 
buttons and all.  So is this meant to be mac-only?

Comment 4

[timeless]

yes. this is from mpt's mac bug spree.  on macos alerts and other windows 
should look very differently and we don't currently behave correctly.

Comment 5

[Paul Chen]

nav triage team:

low priority, marking nsbeta1+, p4, and mozilla0.9.3

Comment 6

[Paul Chen]

nav triage team:

Not a 0.9.3 stopper, marking mozilla1.0

Comment 7

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Paul Chen is now taking Bookmarks bugs. For your convenience, you can filter 
email notifications caused by this by searching for 'ilikegoats'.

Comment 8

[Paul Chen]

not a mozilla1.0 stopper, marking mozilla1.2

Comment 9

[Peter Trudelle]

mass reassign of pchen bookmark bugs to ben

Comment 10

[Chris Lyon]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 14211 ***