On 9/23/10 5:11 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On launching SeaMonkey, I saw a popup informing me that an update to one > of my installed add-ons is now available. The message did not say which > of 8 add-ons has the update. I consider the failure to identify which > add-on has a new update to be a serious problem. > > I went to the Web sites of all of them. For 7 of them, I can tell there > is no new updates. > > For the DOM Inspector, the Web page at > <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/> does not display a version > number. This add-on was installed with SeaMonkey itself. I did not > request it; I don't know how to use it; and I'm not sure I want it. > > Below is a list of my SeaMonkey add-ons with their version numbers. Can > anyone tell me which one has a newer version? > > Extensions (enabled: 8) > * Adblock Plus 1.2.2 (http://adblockplus.org/) > * DOM Inspector 2.0.4 (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/) > * Flashblock 1.3.16 (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) > * Live HTTP headers 0.16 > * PrefBar 5.1.1 (http://prefbar.mozdev.org/) > * Preserve Download Modification Timestamp 2010.09.12.18 > * Show Password On Input 0.1.3 > (https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/6143/) > * ShowIP 0.8.19 (http://code.google.com/p/firefox-showip/) >
I submitted bug report #599199 regarding the failure to identify the add-on in the notification. That bug report was closed as Invalid because, in a pending "upgrade" of Add-ons Manager, the notification will no longer appear. See <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599199>. As I understand, users will have one of two choices: * The Add-ons Manager will both automatically detect updates to installed add-ons, download them, and install them. or * Updates will be neither detected, downloaded, nor installed. That is, automatic detection will no longer be possible without automatic installation. Can someone either verify this or tell me where I have this wrong? -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
