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Bug 321900
Opened 19 years ago
Closed 19 years ago
Ask me before clearing private data is grayed/greyed/disabled
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(Firefox :: Menus, defect)
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RESOLVED
INVALID
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(Reporter: ncelik, Unassigned)
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5 Ask me before clearing private data is grayed/greyed/disabled. I have installed different versions of 1.6 and 1.5 and they all have the same problem. A reinstall of the browser does not solve the problem. I assume something got set by some beta-version at some point and now this can not be changed through menues. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Go to Menu -> Options -> Privacy 2.Clear private data tool 3. Actual Results: "Ask me before clearing private data" checkbox is greyed out. Expected Results: "Ask me before clearing private data" checkbox available. Many versions of alpha and beta Firefox have been installed on the system before.
Comment 1•19 years ago
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And in Tools -> Clear Private Data ? (the other is only for setting the option)
Comment 2•19 years ago
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"Ask me before clearing private data" is intentionally disabled (always checked) if "saved passwords" is checked.
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Comment 3•19 years ago
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Tools -> Clear Private Data brings me to the same menu. The bottom checkbox "Ask me before clearing..." is grayed out.
Comment 4•19 years ago
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Is "saved passwords" checked, and does unchecking it fix the problem?
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Comment 5•19 years ago
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Yes! That is it! I understand the thought behind this, but IMHO, this is somebody doing the thinking for me. I don't think this policy (when deleting passwords you MUST ask for deletion every time) is a good policy. Give me freedom to decide. I extensively googled this problem and did not find any resolution. I am not saying it's not documented, just I was not able to find it. If I fell into this trap other people might as well. Thanks again for helping me resolve this (selfinflicted?) problem!
Comment 6•19 years ago
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Nedim, feel free to create an extension or edit the code yourself if this is what you want to accomplish, but this is done purposefully and for good reasons IMO.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Once this option box gets greyed out, there's no way to enable it again.
I'd agree with Nedim: this is a bad idea. I absolutely do not want under any circumstances for my browser to store my passwords on the computer. This is a huge security threat. I also don't want the browser constantly nagging me every time I quit (or worse, having firefox clear nothing because I shut down the computer without manually closing firefox and clicking the nag box). If I were to edit the code and remove this "feature", what are the chances that it will make it into the main code?
Comment 9•19 years ago
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kstenerud@hotmail.com: As a workaround, you can disable password manager (options > privacy > passwords > uncheck "remember passwords"), then uncheck "saved passwords" in the Clear Private Data dialog.
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