addon manager not so good (FF 25)

[jbclem]

I'm used to FF 12 and FF19, where when the addons manager is opened it shows
the different departments on the left side of the screen...and they are
identified with text and icons. In the FF25 version the addons manager has
icons only on the left side and they are meaningless to me. Is there a way
to get text identifiers under each icon, or could someone tell me in which
version this change was made so I can go backwards to the version before
that one.

Also, when you use the addons manager search bar it can't find
anything...always shows a little box that says "cannot find any matching
addons". The only time the search bar finds anything is when that addon is
already installed, then it goes right to the installed addon, how helpful!

Again, I'd appreciate knowing in which versions the addons manager works
normally.

[WaltS48]

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[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

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WaltS48 <thali...@EVOMERaim.com> writes:
>On 09/12/2014 05:15 AM, jbclem wrote:
>> I'm used to FF 12 and FF19, where when the addons manager is opened it shows
>> the different departments on the left side of the screen...and they are
>> identified with text and icons. In the FF25 version the addons manager has
>> icons only on the left side and they are meaningless to me. Is there a way
>> to get text identifiers under each icon, or could someone tell me in which
>> version this change was made so I can go backwards to the version before
>> that one.
>>
>> Also, when you use the addons manager search bar it can't find
>> anything...always shows a little box that says "cannot find any matching
>> addons". The only time the search bar finds anything is when that addon is
>> already installed, then it goes right to the installed addon, how helpful!
>>
>> Again, I'd appreciate knowing in which versions the addons manager works
>> normally.
>>
>>
>
>
>The latest version Firefox 32.0.
>
>[Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox in your language —
>Mozilla](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/)
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What a very helpful response )-:.

I too am using 25 (.0.1). When I go to Tools | Addons, I see on the left
five icons with text beside them:

icon text
arrow pointing into folder Get Add-ons
jigsaw piece Extensions
painter's pallette Appearance
blue Lego-like brick Plugins
cloud with dots in Services

if you're not seeing those texts, only the icons, I think something is
amiss.

If I select Extensions (the jigsaw piece), I see a list of the ones I've
already got - each with an icon, a title in text, a one-line description
of what it does and a "More" link, and some buttons.

I've just tried typing something into the search box (I tried "CPU"),
and it produced a list (of 11), with a link "See all 18 results" at the
bottom. I note that at the top of the list, though, I see "Search
My Add-ons Available Add-ons"; I'm guessing you have the first
highlighted ... I just tried clicking My Add-ons, and I see the message
you see (except "Could not" rather than "cannot").
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[Chris Ilias]

On 2014-09-12 5:15 AM, jbclem wrote:
> I'm used to FF 12 and FF19, where when the addons manager is opened it shows
> the different departments on the left side of the screen...and they are
> identified with text and icons. In the FF25 version the addons manager has
> icons only on the left side and they are meaningless to me. Is there a way
> to get text identifiers under each icon, or could someone tell me in which
> version this change was made so I can go backwards to the version before
> that one.

It depends how wide the window is. If you resize the window wide enough,
the text will appear. That's how it has always worked, so I assume you
have been using a smaller window size recently?

> Also, when you use the addons manager search bar it can't find
> anything...always shows a little box that says "cannot find any matching
> addons". The only time the search bar finds anything is when that addon is
> already installed, then it goes right to the installed addon, how helpful!

I'm not sure about that one. Try updating Firefox. :)

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[jbclem]

The text next to the icons is still missing, although if the cursor hovers
over an icon a box will show with the correct text. The addons manager has
some kind of absolute control over the page characteristics, including the
width, so I didn't (or couldn't) change anything.

About the search function not working...there were no MyAdd-ons or Available
Add-ons headings. But I found a way to make these two headings
appear...first click on the "extensions" icon which brings up the add-ons I
have installed. Then run a search and the headings appear...chosing the
Available Add-ons heading shows the correct search results. Once I've
chosen Available Add-ons, I can search from any department (get add-ons,
extensions, plugins, appearance, etc...) and the search works normally. So
it was defaulted to the MyAdd-ons heading when I installed it.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll install a previous version FF and see if I
get the missing icon text back.





"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message
> <mailman.10779.141052275...@lists.mozilla.org>,
> WaltS48 <thali...@EVOMERaim.com> writes:
>>On 09/12/2014 05:15 AM, jbclem wrote:
>>> I'm used to FF 12 and FF19, where when the addons manager is opened it
>>> shows
>>> the different departments on the left side of the screen...and they are
>>> identified with text and icons. In the FF25 version the addons manager
>>> has
>>> icons only on the left side and they are meaningless to me. Is there a
>>> way
>>> to get text identifiers under each icon, or could someone tell me in
>>> which
>>> version this change was made so I can go backwards to the version before
>>> that one.
>>>
>>> Also, when you use the addons manager search bar it can't find
>>> anything...always shows a little box that says "cannot find any matching
>>> addons". The only time the search bar finds anything is when that addon
>>> is
>>> already installed, then it goes right to the installed addon, how
>>> helpful!
>>>
>>> Again, I'd appreciate knowing in which versions the addons manager works
>>> normally.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>The latest version Firefox 32.0.
>>

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