Chris Ilias wrote:
On 03/10/2016 2:06 PM, Gerry Hickman wrote:
Chris Ilias wrote:
Here's another example of a blocked message
https://blocklist.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/blocked/p1246
Okay, I just wanted to clarify, because Mozilla doesn't offer plugins,
and doesn't have a plugins site. :)
The page at Tools-->Add-ons_Manager-->Plugins lists the plugins you have
already installed.
Plugins are offered by third-parties, and are not installed by
SeaMonkey.
OK, so I think you're saying the "Update Now" button is supposed to take
you to the 3rd party site, instead of showing a "blocked" message, and
further to this, that plugins are not to be confused with 'extensions',
which can be installed from addons.mozilla.org.
I'm saying that the plugins listed are not being offered to you; they
are the plugins you already have installed.
If there is an "Update Now" button, I don't know where it is supposed to
take you. I can't test it right now. Where does it take you?
There are two "update now" links, on two different pages, that act
differently.
1) At SeaMonkey's own Add-ons Manager, a plugin known to be outdated
will be listed thus:
XXX is known to be vulnerable and should be updated. Update now.
This text hyperlink unexpectedly takes the user to an explanation of why
the plugin is blocked, and not to the publisher's update page. This
should be fixed. My recommendation is to provide two links: "Why is it
blocked?" with the current target, and "Update now" with the expected
target at the publisher's update page.
2) At the Plugin Check page
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/>, "Update Now" buttons act
as expected -- they take the user to the publisher's update page.
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