857624 - When using private browsing, personas are disabled

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 852295

(Toolkit :: General, defect)

Description

[theflyingmave]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0
Build ID: 20130326150557

Steps to reproduce:

I run firefox in private browsing mode by default.  When updating to 20, my persona theme will not show unless I turn private browsing off


Actual results:

Upgraded, personas are now disabled when using private browsing


Expected results:

persona should be enabled unless user specifies otherwise.

Comment 1

[Mark Straver]

I can confirm this. Using a persona, then opening a private browsing window or session removes the persona and reverts to default (classic or aero).

There shouldn't be a need to disable lightweight themes on purpose, just an indicator of the App button or window title is indication enough.

Comment 2

[Mark Straver]

Perhaps related to Bug 852295 - although there should be no need to disable personas in private browsing tabs/windows at all (which is still being done after that patch, it only fixes permanent PB mode)

Comment 3

[Mitza]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0
Build ID: 20130326150557

I think this issue is related to Bug 853426.
I was able to reproduce it only on Firefox 20.

Comment 5

[Mark Straver]

Not really a duplicate - it disables personas in all private browsing windows, the other bug is about permanent private browsing mode.

In the PB windows you already have a clear indicator that it's a PB window, so it should not disable the personalization.

Comment 6

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

As originally filed, this bug is a duplicate: "I run firefox in private browsing mode by default."

Comment 7

[Mark Straver]

Want me to file a separate bug for this then? I can do that.

Comment 8

[Mark Straver]

Filed bug 860803