1428463 - Opening Firefox (normal mode) via CLI and then opening another Firefox window via CLI will always be in 'normal mode' rather than whatever you chose (normal or private mode) when inputting the second command

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[vramgi19]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0
Build ID: 20171227151400

Steps to reproduce:

Two situations:

1) Opening firefox using the command 'firefox &' 
Then open another browser in the same terminal session 'firefox - private &'

2) The same problem occurs vice versa, e.g. opening private mode first and then opening in normal mode too, 'firefox -private &' then 'firefox &'

Running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS if that helps.



Actual results:

1) Starting with 'firefox &' and then 'firefox -private &' opens two browsers, both of which are in normal mode.  Any other instances of Firefox opened via CLI this way will always open a browser in normal mode

2) Starting with 'firefox -private &' and then 'firefox &' will always open two browsers in private mode. Any other instances of Firefox opened via CLI this way will always open a browser in private mode




Expected results:

Opening a Firefox window via CLI should always open that window in whatever mode is selected regardless of whether any other instances of Firefox are open or not.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

The code that handles the command lines here is in Firefox.

Comment 2

[daylin.trenton]

Firefox has no key to copy link since 88. It was removed and not replaced. This is completely unreasonable.

A replacement key that is unusable by human hands is not a replacement. It's not unlike telling people they can vote, if they stand in line for 8 hours without water. That is telling people that they can't vote.

Telling people that there is a new key, but it's across the room where NO ONE, NO HUMAN HAND can reach, is telling them that there is no key.

Firefox has NO KEY to copy link currently.

There was no reason to break this, and I want you to know that I am never going to stop reporting it, and I will be identifying the people who broke it, like Asif Youssuff, personally, until it is identified as the bug that it is.

You broke a browser that millions of people depended on for NO REASON. NO REASON. There was NO REASON TO REMOVE THE HOTKEY TO COPY LINKS FROM FIREFOX.

Comment 3

[pauloalibano]

Yes I can also reproduce it.