Open Bug 1989949 Opened 7 months ago Updated 2 months ago

Open private window action is visible in permanent private browsing mode

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Type:
defect

Tracking

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People

(Reporter: henry-x, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

(Whiteboard: [sng][scotchbonnet-followon])

The "Open private window" urlbar action is visible when the user is in permanent private browsing. It should probably be hidden since:

  1. All windows will be private anyway, and the urlbar actions tend to be for non-standard actions.
  2. The mask icon for the icon is not used when using permanent private browsing.

This is what we did in Tor Browser.

See Also: → 1980912
Blocks: scotchbonnet-followon
Severity: -- → S3
Priority: -- → P3
Whiteboard: [sng-scotchbonnet-followon]

So I think we want to talk to UX about this, while it is mostly a redundant button in this mode, sometimes users are going to train their mucle memory into certain options existing and be fustrated when they dont. It also has very little downsides to existing there.

Whiteboard: [sng-scotchbonnet-followon] → [sng][scotchbonnet-followon]
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