369408 - "Clear Private Data" doesn't clear javascript errors.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 322169

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Craig]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20061011 Fedora/1.5.0.7-7.fc6 Firefox/1.5.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20061011 Fedora/1.5.0.7-7.fc6 Firefox/1.5.0.7

Tools --> Clear Private Data doesn't clear error messages from the JavaScript Console.  Since many/most web sites have JavaScript and/or CSS errors, you can easily tell what web sites have been visited recently by opening the JavaScript console, even after clearing all private data.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit any site that has a javascript error, e.g. www.microsoft.com
2. Click "Home"
3. Select Tools->Clear Private Data
4. Select Tools->Javascript Console
Actual Results:  
The CSS errors from www.microsoft.com are displayed, showing that the site was visited.

Expected Results:  
It should have cleared the JavaScript console.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Please don't report bugs on older releases without testing the newest release and also search before you file a bug report.