Closed Bug 254957 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

disable extension - not intuitive. provide additional button - minor - [Extension Manager]

Categories

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, enhancement)

enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla1.8.1alpha2

People

(Reporter: mozbug, Assigned: robert.strong.bugs)

References

Details

(Keywords: fixed1.8.1, Whiteboard: 0d (already completed as part of bug 329045))

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2 Suggested enhancement: in extension manager, pl add "disable" button, along with uninstall. While troubleshooting new firefox user's extension problem, told him to disable it. user had trouble finding such an option; said only uninstall option provided. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.tools - extensions 2.select an extension 3. Actual Results: User noticed Uninstall button, but didnt find a corresponding disable button. user didn't figure out right-click menu option. user thought no option to disable extensions, only uninstall. Expected Results: provided "Disable" button along with "Uninstall". (same behavior in nightly)
Confirming as a valid enhancement request (even though I wouldn't be suprised if it gets marked as WONTFIX).
Severity: minor → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: PC → All
I've been taught that commands appearing only in context-menu are bad UI. Perhaps add a button that pops the current context menu? Anyways, please decide something about this before 1.0.
Flags: blocking-aviary1.0?
Summary: minor - [Extension Manager] disable extension - not intuitive. provide additional button. → disable extension - not intuitive. provide additional button - minor - [Extension Manager]
Not sure about this at this point. Leaving until after 1.0.
Flags: blocking-aviary1.0? → blocking-aviary1.0-
*** Bug 283879 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Seems much better to provide a checkbox to enable/disable. It's more logical, as it fits the metaphor better--remains available, but not used. Simply align a checkbox to the far right, per extension entry.
Assignee: bugs → robert.bugzilla
QA Contact: bugs → extension.manager
Depends on: 329045
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox 2 alpha2
Whiteboard: 0d (already completed as part of bug 329045)
Fixed on trunk by the checkin of bug 329045
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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