1502279 - Save and quit removed from version 63

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1487547

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[zuonikko]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0

Steps to reproduce:

Quitting with multiple tabs open. ShowQuitWarning is true in about:config. Restore previous session unchecked in Preferences > Startup.


Actual results:

Dialog for saving the session doesn't show up. The feature seems to have been removed from the latest version.


Expected results:

One should be able to choose whether they want or don't want to save the session when they are closing the browser instead of restoring the session when they are opening. Especially one shouldn't have to save every session.

An example. I'm reading on a topic and have a couple of tabs open. I have to leave for something else but the topic still interests me. I save the session and quit the browser. Now when I open the browser the next time, I remember that I was reading about it and I can get back to it if I want. Then another time I get distracted and I have tabs open that I don't want to remember. I can just quit the browser and not save the session.

Let's say I have to use the "restore previous session" and "save every session" features. I have "save every session" checked and I have to quit the browser while I have a tab about the Kardashians open. The next day my significant other wants to use the browser to check the weather. The previous session opens and I have to explain the Kardashians. So I uncheck "save every session". Next time I find an interesting article about a murder that happened in 1992 but I don't have time to read it. Suddenly I have to leave so I quit the browser. Next day I go check Facebook and don't remember the article, so there is no need to restore previous session. I quit the browser again and the session from previous day is forever gone and the mystery about the murder goes unsolved once again.

I'm not the only one who needs this feature. Just a short googling showed a bunch of results of people explaining their need for this.