1697082 - Proton appmenu "Settings" is internally inconsistent with Firefox > Preferences on macOS

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[Asif Youssuff]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set browser.proton.enabled to true
2. Restart Firefox
3. Click app menu
4. Click Firefox menu

What happens:

Observe that the labels are different in two places but go to the same place (about:preferences).

Expected result:

Preferences is used widely on macOS - Settings is more of a Windows-ism. Preferences should be the copy in both places.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

:yoasif, if you think that's a regression, could you try to find a regression range using for example mozregression?

Comment 2

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Asif Youssuff from comment #0)

Preferences is used widely on macOS - Settings is more of a Windows-ism. Preferences should be the copy in both places.

It's not a Windows-ism (historically Windows uses Options, IIRC only Windows 10 has Settings), and there are bugs currently fixing other labels.

I assume this makes it a WONTFIX, but leaving the final decision to triagers.

Comment 3

[Asif Youssuff]

(In reply to Francesco Lodolo [:flod] from comment #2)

It's not a Windows-ism (historically Windows uses Options, IIRC only Windows 10 has Settings), and there are bugs currently fixing other labels.

Well, it is newly a Windows-ism. :) That was a throwaway comment though - ultimately, it is out of place in macOS and also internally inconsistent.

Comment 4

[:Gijs (he/him)]

I don't understand why this got marked as a regression from bug 1695671 - the landing of that bug postdates the filing of this bug, and also fixed the issue raised in the summary of this bug, by making the two labels consistent.

Comment 5

[Mike Conley (:mconley) (:⚙️)]

We're reversing course on "Settings" specifically for the macOS menubar. That work is happening in bug 1698550.