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Bug 231723 - Remove "External Browser (command-line)" browser option
Summary: Remove "External Browser (command-line)" browser option
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Extbrowser (show other bugs)
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All Mac OS X
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Tomas Mysik
URL:
Keywords: USABILITY
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-06-24 13:44 UTC by Petr Jiricka
Modified: 2013-07-12 22:18 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Petr Jiricka 2013-06-24 13:44:54 UTC
1. Go to Tools | Options

In the Web Browser combo, there is the "External Browser (command-line)" item, which is quite useless, because:
- All the main browsers are (or should be) detected and displayed out of the box
- Any additional exotic browser that is not supported out of the box can be added using Edit -> Add.

So, this item should be removed, as it only confuses the user experience.
Comment 1 Tomas Mysik 2013-07-08 08:42:50 UTC
Taking over, will try to do that.
Comment 2 Tomas Mysik 2013-07-08 09:23:36 UTC
Petře, I just found out that this "browser" is:

> Present on Non-Windows, Non-Unix platforms, like OS_2, Mac OS

I can confirm that I do not see this "browser" on Linux. So, should I remove it completely or only for Mac? I would vote for complete removal (though I do not know OS 2).

Thanks.
Comment 3 Tomas Mysik 2013-07-09 06:18:07 UTC
Thinking about it a bit more, complete removal would be likely wrong. I have removed it from Mac only, please verify if it works.

Thanks.

http://hg.netbeans.org/web-main/rev/1e6c4a2331c4
Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2013-07-10 04:44:43 UTC
Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201307100049* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)

Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/1e6c4a2331c4
User: Tomas Mysik <tmysik@netbeans.org>
Log: #231723 - Remove "External Browser (command-line)" browser option
Comment 5 Petr Jiricka 2013-07-12 22:18:49 UTC
Thanks Tomas!