7182 - Need prefs browser.startup.homepage_override and startup.homepage_override_url

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Preferences: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

[bijals (gone)]

Need to support this first page URL (page loaded first time user starts
Navigator) through a pref.  This should be documented in the CCK Administrator's
guide.

Comment 1

[selmer (gone)]

I need to track down whether this is planned and who is doing it.  What's the
reason we still need this?

Once I've verified it's a feature, I'll move this to Robin for docs.

Comment 2

[robinf]

Adding Tina to cc: list.

Comment 3

[selmer (gone)]

guestimating tfv, please verify

Comment 4

[selmer (gone)]

Changed summary to reflect actual request.

This bug is to have the prefs browser.startup.homepage_override and
startup.homepage_override_url work the same in Seamonkey as they did in 4.x.
When browser.startup.homepage_override is set to "true" and
startup.homepage_override_url is set to some URL, the browser should go to that
URL rather than the normal homepage URL the very first time it's launched.
After that first launch, it should revert to the normal homepage URL.

David, if you're not the right person to own this, can you suggest someone else?

Thanks,

Steve

Comment 5

[davidm]

I guess I am as good as anyone. I'll put it out at m15

Comment 6

[selmer (gone)]

Moving this to browser product so it doesn't get lost.

Comment 7

[davidm]

reassign to don. This is sort of hard as there is no good place to record what
type of windows have been opened. The browser App core shouldn't work since
ideally that will be unloaded if there are no open browser windows.

Comment 8

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

methinks this is in my test area, so reassigning qa contact to self.

Comment 9

[don]

Move to M16 for now ...

Comment 10

[verah (gone)]

Reassigning for Don

Comment 11

[leger]

Putting on [nsbeta2+][6/01] radar.  This work must be done by 06/01 or we may 
pull this for PR2.

Comment 12

[leger]

Changing from [6/01] to [6/15]

Comment 13

[don]

Move to M19 target milestone.

Comment 14

[don]

Since we only have one more day to go on this one, my guess is that it won't
make it.  McAfee has other bugs that are a higher priority than this one.

Comment 15

[Jim Roskind]

Cleaning up status whiteboard by marking beta2 minus (6/15 has passed).

It is good that folks are focusing on the higher priority items for beta2.

Doomage in large, and this is a good item to have to skip (IMO).

Comment 16

[johng]

nav triage team:
[NEED INFO]
Selmer, is this a beta3 requirement?  The startup page helps users learn the
product.  Reassigning to you, if it is a requirement, can y'all do it?

Comment 17

[selmer (gone)]

Don, not sure why this got assigned to me.  It's been languishing.  Any chance
it's a WFM by now?

Comment 18

[Viswanath Ramachandran]

Since Don has left, Vishy is taking his bugs in bulk, pending reassignment.
thanks,
	Vishy

Comment 19

[Paul Chen]

nav triage team:

Not sure if this is important for beta1, marking nsbeta1-. If it's critical for
customizaion, we will reconsider.

Comment 20

[Chris McAfee]

looks like sspitzer fixed this, all.js has:

  // "browser.startup.homepage_override" was for 4.x
  pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.1", true);

and navigator.properties has

  startup.homepage_override_url=http://www.mozilla.org/mozorg.html

Adding sspitzer and marking fixed.

Comment 21

[Chris McAfee]

fixed

Comment 22

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy'd the pref in all.js on the three main platforms [2001.04.19.0x comm bits].