New about dialog

[willll]

I made a new about dialog box so it looks more like Firebird's. I think I remember some people complaining about this a while ago. It makes it easier to compy and paste your version.

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<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/" type="text/css"?>

<!DOCTYPE window [
<!ENTITY % brandDTD SYSTEM "chrome://global/locale/brand.dtd" >
%brandDTD;
<!ENTITY % aboutDialogDTD SYSTEM "chrome://messenger/locale/aboutDialog.dtd" >
%aboutDialogDTD;
]>

<dialog xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
        xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"
        buttons="accept"
        onload="onLoad();"
        title="&aboutDialog.title;"
        width="300" height="335">

    <script type="application/x-javascript">
      <![CDATA[
        function onLoad() {
          var userAgentField = document.getElementById("userAgent");
          userAgentField.value = navigator.userAgent;
          var versionField = document.getElementById("version");
          versionField.value = navigator.vendorSub;
        }
      ]]>
    </script>

    <vbox align="center" flex="1">
      <image src="chrome://messenger/content/about-thunderbird.png"/>
      <separator class="thin"/>
      <hbox>
        <label value="&brandShortName;" style="font-weight: bold;"/>
        <label id="version"/>
      </hbox>
      <spacer flex="1"/>
      <textbox id="userAgent" multiline="true" readonly="true" cols="60"/>
      <spacer flex="1"/>
      <html:a href="©rightLink;" style="display: block; color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">&</html:a>
      <spacer flex="1"/>
    </vbox>
    <separator class="groove"/>

</dialog>

[willll]

OK. It seems like no one cares about this anymore, but.... <a href="http://users.rcn.com/levines5/tb.png">Here</a> is a screenshot. Unless mscott likes this new dialog and checks it in, the way to get it into your own perosnal Thunderbird is to unjar mail.jar navigate to content/messenger in the place you unzipped it, replace the contents of aboutDialog.xul with the above code, then rezip mail.jar with the same directory structure.

[tve]

OK. It seems like no one cares about this anymore, but....

Nah, I would prefer this over the current implementation, but am too lazy to unjar and rejar some files, just because I might have to copy & paste this string once a month... :]

[DIGITALgimpus]

me like!

mscott: possible? it's nice.

[LinkTiger]

I like it! I think copy/paste is one of the most important things to impliment in an about box because the version is one of the first things an expert asks for when confronted with a problem. Please implement this in the regular builds, please!

[jhirshon]

Couldn't agree more!

[bijugc]

but am too lazy to unjar and rejar some files..

I made it as extension <a href=http://quicktools.mozdev.org/index.html#b5>QuickTools TBird About</a>

[tve]

just for your information...

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunder ... anges.html

"Make the version string in the about thunderbird dialog be selectable."

The other changes sound great too :)