187259 - Quick Launch toolbar reuses windows, even when "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" unchecked in Control Panel > Internet

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 75138

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[Kobi Levy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021207 Phoenix/0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021207 Phoenix/0.5

I think the description in the title covers it, but in a bit more detail...

The quick launch toolbar DOES reuse windows for launching shortcuts, WHEN it is
UNCHECKED.

*1. Enable the quick launch toolbar in the start toolbar (the main windows
toolbar) by right clicking anywhere on the toolbar, go to "toolbars" and make
sure there is a check next to the "quick launch." (Make sure you see an area to
type URLs in your start menu toolbar.)
2. Go to the "control panel" 
3. Go to the "internet properties"
4. Go to the "Advanced" tab.
5. Find the check box that says "reuse windows for launching shortcuts"

The way it should work:
a) When this is checked, I type something into this toolbar (example: cnn.com)
and then it comes up in my browser. Then I type something new
(example:onion.com) and then the onion.com comes up in the same window.
-CORRECT-

b) When this is UNCHECKED, I type something into this toolbar (example: cnn.com)
and then it comes up in my browser. Then I type something new
(example:onion.com) and then the onion.com comes up in a NEW window. I now have
2 windows open, cnn.com AND onion.com.
-CORRECT-   ***This is the effect that I am going for.***

In my download of Phoenix:
a) SAME as above.
-CORRECT-

b) When this is UNCHECKED, I type something into this toolbar (example: cnn.com)
and then it comes up in my browser. Then I type something new
(example:onion.com) and then the onion.com comes up in THE SAME window. I now
have ONLY 1 window open. The onion.com INCORECTLY REPLACES cnn.com and does not
launch a new window.
-INCORRECT-

I regularly surf the web via the quick launch toolbar, and I like the fact that
it launches new windows when I do so (as opposed to opening up a new window and
then needing to change the address.) So that is how I noticed that this is not
working. 
If I was not clear enough and you have any further questions, please feel free
to contact me via e-mail or by phone [phone].

I have been very excited about using your new product and thank you for your time.

Thanks,

Kobi Levy
Office: 212-868-9654
Home: 212-665-2306
Mobile: [phone]
[e-mail]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Described above
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Unchecking "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" did not work correctly for
the "quick launch" toolbar. 

Expected Results:  
Described above

Comment 1

[David P James]

quote:

The way it should work:
a) When this is checked, I type something into this toolbar (example: cnn.com)
and then it comes up in my browser. Then I type something new
(example:onion.com) and then the onion.com comes up in the same window.
-CORRECT-

b) When this is UNCHECKED, I type something into this toolbar (example: cnn.com)
and then it comes up in my browser. Then I type something new
(example:onion.com) and then the onion.com comes up in a NEW window. I now have
2 windows open, cnn.com AND onion.com.
-CORRECT-   ***This is the effect that I am going for.***

-> This was in Internet Explorer, correct? Internet Properties/Options in
Windows relates to Internet Explorer only. It does not nor will it control
Phoenix's behaviour.

--> This bug is therefore INVALID.

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

The Mozilla equivalent to the IE pref "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" is
bug 75138, and changing the default value of that pref is bug 35578.

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

I don't think there are any plans for sharing this setting with IE, so marking
as a dup of the bug for making a Mozilla pref that does the same thing.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75138 ***

Comment 4

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

verified.

Comment 5

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Taking QA Contact