1268175 - Change button title in about:config warning

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

I was reading http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21978919 (via bug 1255139, and thinking about bz's "The problem is that this is telling users to make their browser less secure to work with iNotes..." tweet (https://twitter.com/bz_moz/status/708518032981815296).

The current about:config warning says that the settings can affect security/stability/performance, and the button says "I'll be careful, I promise!".

Perhaps it's a minor point, but this is reinforcing the generally incorrect notion that a normal user can realistically enable something risky, yet still protect themselves by "being careful". ("Oh, I'm fine, my AntiVirus will keep me safe!") This string is actually a leftover from the original (and controversial!) "Be careful, this gun is loaded!" warning this page first had. The string arguably make more sense in that context, but still has the same issue.

I think we should just tweak the button label to avoid this.

Comment 1

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

Attachment: MozReview Request: Bug 1268175 - Change button title in about:config warning r?Gijs

Review commit: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/49273/diff/#index_header
See other reviews: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/49273/

Comment 2

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Comment on attachment 8746144 [details]
MozReview Request: Bug 1268175 - Change button title in about:config warning r?Gijs

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/49273/#review46135

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/663ca52b138a

Comment 4

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/663ca52b138a

Comment 5

[Saheda Reza [:Antora]]

I have reproduced it on Firefox nightly according to(2016-04-27)

It's fixed and verified on Latest Developer Edition--Build ID:( 20160630004007 ), User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0


Tested OS-- Windows10 32bit