946583 - Australis: Video DownloadHelper's status bar icon no longer responds to clicks

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(WebExtensions :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

STR:
1. Install "Video DownloadHelper" addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
2. An addon icon will be added to the Australis addon bar
3. Click the icon

EXPECTED:
The Video DownloadHelper preferences dialog should open.

RESULT:
Nothing happens.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

(In reply to Chris Peterson (:cpeterson) from comment #1)
> 2. An addon icon will be added to the Australis addon bar

What do you mean here? There is no add-on bar in Australis, so either this is another add-on, or you mean the nav-bar, I guess? Please clarify.

Comment 2

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

(In reply to :Gijs Kruitbosch from comment #1)
> What do you mean here? There is no add-on bar in Australis, so either this
> is another add-on, or you mean the nav-bar, I guess? Please clarify.

Sorry, I meant the Australis toolbar (in the space to the right of the AwesomeBar and search box).

Comment 3

[Blair McBride [:Unfocused] (UNAVAILABLE)]

Hm, this add-on implement's it's own binding for a menu-button. So I'm assuming it's an issue on the add-on's side.

Comment 4

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Tried contacting the developer again. I haven't marked the add-on as incompatible yet because of its massive audience and the available workaround (using the main menu).

Comment 5

[Michel Gutierrez]

Sorry, i completely missed this issue and discover it right now.

I am working on a full rewrite of Video DownloadHelper which probably don't have this issue, but it certainly won't be ready for the launch of 29 as beta, so i need to release another last update of this addon old code base. It's now at the top of my TODO list.

Comment 6

[Michel Gutierrez]

I now have a fix for this button issue on Firefox 29. It can be tested from http://www.downloadhelper.net/install-beta.php?version=4.9.22b1

I could submit version 4.9.22 very soon but i would like to take this opportunity to fix an issue due to a recent youtube change. Is it ok if i submit the new version on Monday ?

Comment 7

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

My preference is that the Australis bug is fixed as soon as possible. There seems to be close to a million users who will run into this problem soon, and we want the Australis transition to be as smooth as possible.

Having said that, Monday isn't terribly unreasonable.

Comment 8

[Michel Gutierrez]

Can we negociate to Sunday ? :) But i'm not sure an editor will be available to approve the update on Sunday.

Comment 9

[Michel Gutierrez]

Version 4.9.22 is available here: http://www.downloadhelper.net/install-beta.php?version=4.9.22

However, i haven't been able submit it to amo. It failed 3 times at the validating stage: 

"""
Your add-on failed validation with 1 error.

There was a problem contacting the server.
"""

Is there something currently broken on amo ?

I'll try again tomorrow morning.

Comment 10

[Michel Gutierrez]

Still no luck with updating the addon this morning.

Comment 11

[Michel Gutierrez]

This is strange, validation worked after trying from another user profile. Could AdBlockPlus or FlashBlock cause the problem ?

Anyway, the fixed addon is now waiting for review.

Comment 12

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

The update has been approved on AMO. Thank you, Michel!