unable to launch add on downloads. nothing happens when button is pressed

[Ron G]

Binary package hint: seamonkey

I cant get any add-ons. None will launch, nothing happens when I puch the button to download any of them. ubuntu 8.04, (until tomorrow)
Thanks,
Ron

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 29 10:17:13 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: seamonkey None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/seamonkey.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: seamonkey
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[markor (markoresko)]

Do you maybe use Noscript extension?
Noscript usually disables javascript on non-approved pages and that is what
those web pages with addons rely on.

Please clarify where (on on what page) button for installing addons is not working?
On addons.mozilla.org or inside Seamonkey itself during *.xpi addon install?

Also, note that there is a certain Timeout ofter star *.xpi addon install and "install"
button in greyed for 5-6 seconds as security measure, so you shoud wait for shat few
seconds, before being able to click `Install`.

[PDK (pierredekat)]

Did you go to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Software Installation and checkmark "Allow web sites to install extensions and updates"? You can fine tune this option by allowing only certain sites to install plugins.

And which plugins are you trying to install (from which websites)?

Not sure if you know this or not, but most Firefox plugins don't work in Seamonkey. They haven't worked in any release, really, since the big Mozilla Suite/Firefox split, like 7 years ago.

Supposedly these work:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/recommended

Of course, you can install flashplugin-nonfree out of the repositories.

And I haven't tried it on Ubuntu, yet, but I did have luck installing DownThemAll in Seamonkey, back when I was running Windows.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/201

[Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744)]

please install seamonkey 2 beta versiion, I also felt same way and then installed this version as developers has taken care of this issue.
Thanks

[Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744)]

I did it on ubuntu 9.10.... it should work fine with 8.10 also...