108123 - quick launch: closing last browser window should let prodigy disconnect from internet

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

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

Description

[James "Dexter" Akula]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4)
Gecko/20011019 Netscape6/6.2
BuildID:    123455678

I use a dial-up service which launches the browser automatically after I
connect, and disconnects automatically when I close the browser.  If I use
quicklaunch, this feature becomes unavailable, as the browser never really
closes.  I like that the browser pops right up when I connect, but I would like
it to automatically disconnect when I'm through.  I'm aware that this is
probably a pipe dream, but hey, maybe some hacker out there wants to try and fix
this.

For reference, I use Prodigy Internet.

Comment 1

[jlarsen]

If mozilla is running in quicklaunch and you connect, does it pop open a new
window? You can completly exit mozilla by selecting File->exit.

Comment 2

[James "Dexter" Akula]

Yes, it opens a new window.  I think the software literally just sends an http
request to the system which prompts the default browser to pop up.

Comment 3

[tao]

would it help if the browser dials the modem when go online (mode) and 
disconnect the modem when goes offline (mode)? See bug: 93002.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

->reassign to default assignee

Comment 5

[Bill Law]

Setting target milestone to match the "depends on" bug.

Comment 6

[Jesse Ruderman]

James, quick launch works differently now: instead of keeping the Mozilla
process in memory when you close the last window, it exits and then launches a
new Mozilla process in order to conserve memory.  Does this work correctly in a
newer version of Mozilla?  If it does, please mark this as a dup of bug 98673.

If this still doesn't work, check if the bug also happens with Quick Launch
turned off.  This might just be bug 106044.

Comment 7

[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)