255318 - Pressing cancel on bookmark alert still opens the bookmark

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Will Duff]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.6.1 StumbleUpon/1.901
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.6.1 StumbleUpon/1.901

There is a small problem with the bookmark alert dialog.  When you enable
scheduling and notifying (with an alert) on a bookmark and then the bookmark
page changes you are presented with a dialog box.  It states that the bookmark
has changed and asks if you would like to view it.  The problem is that it
doesn't matter if you press OK or Cancel because either choice will open the
bookmark.  Cancel should not trigger the bookmark to open. (Note: I had

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Bookmark a page you know will change.
2. Open the properties of the bookmark, go to the "Schedule" tab and enable
scheduling.
3. Under the "Notify" tab, check the boxes next to "Display an alert" and "Open
web page in a new window."
4. When an alert appears click "Cancel."

Actual Results:  
The bookmark opened in a new window.

Expected Results:  
Nothing should have happened.

I am using Firefox 0.9.3.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs, filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change