102097 - turbo pref doesn't work (in one case anyway)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: QuickLaunch (AKA turbo mode), defect)

Description

[Conrad Carlen (not reading bugmail)]

1) Have turbo turned and used by mozilla installed in one place
2) Start up a build in another place and turbo does not come on when launched
3) Go to the prefs, the box is checked, click OK for good measure
4) It's still not on

This is probably only an issue for our own builds. Using the installer, users
won't run into this - will they? The reason is that this code:
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/xpfe/bootstrap/nsNativeAppSupportWin.cpp#647
does not use the same test as this code:
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/xpfe/components/winhooks/nsWindowsHooks.cpp#529.
That's why resetting it in the prefs has no effect. To work around this, say
switching between one build and another, you have to use "Disable Quicklanch"
and then set it in the prefs.

Comment 1

[Bill Law]

This was discussed by dp, Sean, myself, and maybe Syd at some point.  There is
only one value under Run and we didn't want *all* Mozilla's to run quicklaunch
when the user turned on the pref in one (i.e., multiple Mozilla processes
running simultaneously).

I think we might still be looking for the ultimate solution to that problem.  We
can probably use this bug to track it.

Adding dp, Sean, and Syd to cc: list; setting target milestone.

Comment 2

[Conrad Carlen (not reading bugmail)]

I agree that only one installation should be able to run it at a time.

I think the logic in the first link I gave is right. If
nsWindowsHooks::IsStartupTurboEnabled did the same thing, it would behave as I
would expect - at least the setting in the UI would reflect reality.

Really, IsStartupTurboEnabled is giving the wrong answer.

Comment 3

[Bill Law]

->mozilla0.9.7

Comment 4

[Bill Law]

Mass moving bugs that won't get fixed this milestone.

Comment 5

[Bill Law]

balancing bug lists

Comment 6

[Blake Ross]

-> me

Not sure this needs to be plussed, though. As you said, I don't think users will
run into this too often, unless they install to a different directory (right?)

Comment 7

[Peter Trudelle]

nsbeta1- per ADT triage team, ->1.2

Comment 8

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Quicklaunch/Turbo Mode is no longer supported in Seamonkey 2 and Seamonkey1.X is in the maintenance mode (fixing only security bugs)