Firefox implemented about:support in Bug 367596. Bug 518607 aims at moving the basic functionality to Toolkit. This bug is for tracking/implementing the SeaMonkey side, e.g. string additions (en-US l10n).

Should just need three things, a string for the menuitem, a menuitem, and a app.support.baseURL pref, so the "support web site" link goes somewhere other than about:blank. Well, and it would probably be a good idea to look at what prefs with user values show up, to consider whether anything needs to be added to the whitelist and blacklist.

Bug 548041 is the Thunderbird version from comment0 there: > 1. port about:support to Thunderbird > 2. and add smtp, imap and pop settings suitably obscured #2 is something we should have too.

This is basically working already thanks to the work done by philor. We'll need to port the styles to Modern; filed bug 561668 for that to allow this bug to focus on any non-theme adaptions and customizations.

This is the menu item addition. I left out the onclick=checkForMiddleClick part that FF has for now because we're not using in the other places yet either. Regarding comment 2 I think that should be a new bug and this one be restricted to adding the menu item.

Comment on attachment 445629 [details] [diff] [review] add menu item > openUILink(formatter.formatURLPref("app.releaseNotesURL")); > } > catch (ex) { dump(ex); } > } > >+function goTroubleshootingPage() >+{ >+ openUILinkIn("about:support", "tab"); Why always in a tab? >+ oncommand="goTroubleshootingPage()"/> Nit: missing semicolon

(In reply to comment #5) > (From update of attachment 445629 [details] [diff] [review]) > >+function goTroubleshootingPage() > >+{ > >+ openUILinkIn("about:support", "tab"); > Why always in a tab? Hmm, I didn't really check whether what FF has made sense, sorry. I used goAbout("support"); now, wrapped inside goTroubleshootingPage() for FF compatibility. I can call it directly if you're opposed to that, though. Before I forget: This probably needs a Help bug.

Comment on attachment 445824 [details] [diff] [review] menu item v2 >+function goTroubleshootingPage() Nit: This belongs before goReleaseNotes() (sorry I didn't notice last time)

(In reply to comment #2) > Bug 548041 is the Thunderbird version from comment0 there: > > > 1. port about:support to Thunderbird > > 2. and add smtp, imap and pop settings suitably obscured > > #2 is something we should have too. Not too much has happened there. We can either wait and port what they'll come up with or work in parallel. You may file a bug for SM now or later but as I said I think this one is done, thus resolving. (In reply to comment #6) > Before I forget: This probably needs a Help bug. Filed bug 566646.

(In reply to comment #1) > Should just need three things, a string for the menuitem, a menuitem, and a > app.support.baseURL pref, so the "support web site" link goes somewhere other > than about:blank. Sorry philor, I should have checked your comment more closely. I forgot about the app.support.baseURL part: Error: formatURLPref: Couldn't get pref: app.support.baseURL Source File: file:///E:/Programme/seamonkey-trunk/components/nsURLFormatter.js Line: 68 firefox.js#829: pref("app.support.baseURL", "http://support.mozilla.com/1/%APP%/%VERSION%/%OS%/%LOCALE%/"); all-thunderbird.js#131: pref("app.support.baseURL", "http://support.live.mozillamessaging.com/%LOCALE%/%APP%/%APPBUILDID%/");

Since we have nothing like SUMO or MoMe's support page (localized, per version etc.) I just used our general support page for now. Can be improved later. KaiRo, what do you think? Would you recommend another page instead?

Comment on attachment 446925 [details] [diff] [review] pref patch [Checkin: comment 13] We unfortunately don't have a SUMO install yet, so I guess this is the best we can do for now, yes.

Comment on attachment 446925 [details] [diff] [review] pref patch [Checkin: comment 13] http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/22865b405118