281087 - Firefox Update window takes over entire browser. Clicking Cancel closes completely closes Firefox.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 278759

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Chris Tashjian]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050204 Firefox/1.0+ (bangbang023)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050204 Firefox/1.0+ (bangbang023)

When clikcing the New Updates Available icon the "Mozilla Firefox" window
becomes "Firefox Update".  You can not get back to your browsing session (no
matter how many tabs are open).  Clicking "Cancel" completely closes Firefox.

I've tried this with a completely clean/new profile and only 1 extension
(adblock) installed (so that I could trigger the update icon).

This also happens with 20050203 Firefox/1.0+ (bangbang023), not sure about
builds prior to that.

This is NOT a duplicate of 257789

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Firefox and setup a completely new profile
2. Install an older version of some extension so that the automatic update will
be triggered
3. Click the "Update(s) Available" icon in the upper right-hand corner of the
browser.

(note that the browser window has been replaced with the Firefox Update window)

4. Click "Cancel" or install the updates if you wish.  
Actual Results:  
Firefox closes completely, no way to return to your browsing session.

Expected Results:  
Updater pops up as a window which can be cancelled/closed independant of the
main browser window.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 257789 ***

Comment 2

[Chris Tashjian]

This is NOT a duplicate of 257789 as I stated in my initial report.  In 257789
the update window appears as a seperate modal window.  My bug report states that
it takes over/replaces the whole browser window.

Comment 3

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 278759 ***