87945 - Font download dialog needs the warning for Win2k and WinXP

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Teruko Kobayashi]

Font download dialog can download only Global IMEs.

If you download the Global IME on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you cannot 
install it.  We need to explain that the user cannot install it and the user 
need to install the language pack from Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD.

Tested 6-26-06-0.9.2 Win32 build.

Comment 1

[Frank Tang]

we need to tweak in the server side before we ship rtm.

Comment 2

[Frank Tang]

now we won't popup font download dialog on win2k. But we need to find out how to 
sniff winxp

Comment 3

[Frank Tang]

mark it as 1.0. momoi- can you help to find out how to sniff winxp ?

Comment 4

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

I think we can use "navigator.userAgent" for WinXP
just like we can for Win 2000.

I looked a beta version of Win Xp and it returns:

 Window NT 5.1

as part of the value of "navigator.userAgent".

Windows 2000 returns: 

 Windows NT 5.0

as part of the value of "navigator.userAgent".

So unless things change between now and the
Win XP final, I think we can sniff for "NT" and
"5." for both Win 2000 and Win XP. You can throw
up the same dialog for both platforms and so that should
be enough, I think.

Comment 5

[Frank Tang]

ok, I add win xp checking so it won't have a font dialog box on win xp now.

Comment 6

[Teruko Kobayashi]

As Marina mentioned in the bug 87991, the small dialog will come up in the 
short time on Win2k. I can reproduce this on 7-5-06 trunk Mozilla build on 
WinXP.  
Font download dialog does not show up in Netscape 6 
at all--http://bugscape/show_bug.cgi?id=6879 - please look at the bug. 

I reopen this.

Comment 7

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Improve usability for Font Download. Pls TM0.9.4

Comment 8

[Roy Yokoyama]

*** Bug 91797 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[msanz]

nsbranch- since Frank moved it to 1.0

Comment 10

[bobj]

Marina suggested on 2001-07-05 10:22 in bug 87991

   Frank, won't it be a better solution for Win2K to pop up a dlgbox suggesting
   to use a CD for font download... otherwise it's very confusing for the
   user..Font dlgbox pops-up for a second and gives your an impression that
   something is wrong.

Roy, Isn't this a server-side change?

This would be a big improvement until we can fix
   bug 92596 - better font download handler on window

Comment 11

[bobj]

In addition to suggesting using the W2K or XP CD, we might also suggest
downloading other publicly available fonts such as the free fonts from UnionWay.

Comment 12

[Frank Tang]

push off to future

Comment 13

[Teruko Kobayashi]

We have warning dialog now.

Comment 14

[Teruko Kobayashi]

Verified.

Comment 15

[bobj]

What does the dialog say?
When did this land?
Is this only on the trunk?

Comment 16

[Teruko Kobayashi]

This is not client side fix. 

Comment 17

[Teruko Kobayashi]

The dialog says "You can install it through 'Control Panel:Regional
Setting:Language'"