Closed
Bug 235981
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
Ability to override browser.startup_homepage_overide for new milestone builds.
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 102313
People
(Reporter: jasonb, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:) Gecko/20040226 Every time a new milestone build is released, users are automatically taken to Mozilla's "how to get involved" Web site. This is a great idea for soliciting help from people. However - for all of us who *have* been involved for many years, and already know about all of this - it's nothing but a royal pain to have our homepage setting hijacked in this fashion. I propose a hidden preference (those that are familiar enough with Mozilla would be able to track it down, those that aren't don't need it and can continue to see the "getting involved" page) that would allow us to block this behaviour. Speaking personally, I have a homepage that will never change. Therefore, I have (finally having got fed up with this) set "startup.homepage_override_url" to my homepage. Of course this always overrides my homepage - but since it doesn't change anyway that's okay. But for those who *do* change their homepage a more permanent solution should be in place. I suggest for the preference something like "startup.homepage_overide_disallow". If you create/set it to "1" in your user.js file, then new milestone builds won't ever be able to hijack your homepage. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download a build of a milestone greater than what you're currently using. Actual Results: You're taken to Mozilla's "how to get involved" site against your will. Expected Results: Some way of overriding this behaviour for people who are already involved, know all about it, and don't want to keep having their homepage hijacked. Please redirect this to the appropriate component. I wasn't sure if Preferences: Backend was it, and thought that Browser-General, although annoying, was at least safer initially.
Comment 1•20 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102313 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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Comment 2•20 years ago
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I swear I searched on "override" as well as "homepage" (the latter of which is not in that bug's summary)...
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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