Closed Bug 249323 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

provide tools->options access point for about:config functionality

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Platform:
x86
Windows ME
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: pmjcovello, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Firefox/0.8 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Firefox/0.8 (really 0.9.1) Firefox should provide a button in Tools->Options->Advanced for accessing the about:config functionality. Typing a magic url in the address bar is an inelegant way of accessing miscellaneous preferences. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
about:config isn't elegant, period. It exists solely for power user types that want to configure hidden prefs. The vast majority of users don't want to/shouldn't touch these settings, therefore we're not going to expose this to them.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
*** Bug 262224 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs, filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change
QA Contact: mconnor → preferences
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