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Paul O’Shannessy  
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 More options Feb 22 2011, 1:45 pm
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From: Paul O’Shannessy <p...@oshannessy.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:45:10 -0800
Local: Tues, Feb 22 2011 1:45 pm
Subject: Re: The train-wreck of not telling users where their session has gone
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Mike Beltzner <beltz...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Firefox 3.0 -> 3.6 : on quit, users with multiple windows & tabs would be asked if they wanted to "Save and Quit", "Quit" or "Cancel" with an option to never be asked again. Selecting "Save and Quit" would result in the next browser start to initiate a session restore.

> Firefox 4: on quit, users with multiple windows & tabs are asked to confirm that they wish to close all windows and tabs. When the browser is next started up, the History Menu will contain an option to "Restore Previous Session". Additionally, about:home will look like this: http://grab.by/95BX with a button that can be clicked to restore the user's previous session.

This isn't quite right... We distinguish between explicitly quitting
(cmd-q, file > exit) and closing the last window.

By default:
* Fire | Exit results in *no dialog*. Your session is not restored,
but it is saved and available in the history menu and on the default
home page
* Closing the last window (Windows & Linux) with multiple tabs results
in the "you're closing multiple tabs" warning (controlled via visible
pref in tabs > warn when closing multiple tabs)

You can restore 3.0 -> 3.6 behavior very easily: set
browser.showQuitWarning to true.

We carry over the behavior that if your session will be restored on
startup (via prefs > startup > show windows & tabs), then we will not
prompt when quitting, regardless of the other settings.


 
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