267900 - First time installs should use blank or migrated start page when installer option is unchecked.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Dimitrios]

Steps to reproduce:
1. Perform a clean installation of FF 1.0RC2 (installer version, no old profiles).
2. Uncheck "use Firefox Start as my home page" on the installation wizard dialog.
3. Let FF start and check actual home page.

expected result : home page is blank (or maybe the migrated home page from IE)

actual result : home page is the Firefox Start page.

Comment 1

[Tobias Sager]

see bug 265090.

Comment 2

[Erik Walthinsen]

This option should be *unchecked* by default whenever there is an existing
install (arguably no matter what), as an existing install means I already have a
homepage selected, and I should not have to perform an extra (unexpected) step
in order for my homepage to not be wiped out.  Not to mention what happens to
multiple user profiles on an XP-class machine, does this reset the homepage for
all users?

Comment 3

[adam]

still occurs though I have only tried it on pc's with google as there home 
page 

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

*** Bug 283893 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Updating summary to reflect the real issue. Erik's comment is addressed by bug
263595

Comment 6

[Benjamin Smedberg]

The "use Firefox as my start page" box really triggers overwriting the existing
start page. The only real bug here is that we display the checkbox when we
probably shouldn't.

Comment 7

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

*** Bug 301096 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[J. Evans Turner]

Proposed Solution

Currently, the Win32 installer only allows one browser to import during setup. 
This should be changed to allow the user to select multiple browsers to be 
simultaneously imported and merged with Firefox settings. A list should be 
created of the homepages from imported browsers which is then presented to the 
user during the setup/import wizard. Firefox Start should be the default 
selection, but users would be able to select one of the others if preferred. If 
the installer is upgrading an existing Firefox installation, the existing page 
should be the default selection.

Comment 9

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

This option has been removed from the installer.