290534 - Only one import allowed during installation

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[tatyawinchu]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

Hi,

This is NOT a bug but is very important feature for USER FRIENDLY value of FIREFOX.

I have mozilla installed with a few profiles, and also Internet explore (
default ) .. while installing FIREFOX it gave me an " EITHER OR " menu in the
form of Radio Buttons to choose the browser from which profiles should be imported. 

It should be a CHECK BOX, so that I can select BOTH browsers namely MOZILLA and
Internet Explorer .. because I wanted to import profiles from BOTH browsers into
FIREFOX.

Thanks

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install browser ( FireFox )
2.Delete Folder ( Uninstall )
3.Reinstall browser ( FireFox )
4. =)

Actual Results:  
It gave me a radio box..that means I can choose to import profiles from EITHER
Internet Explore OR Mozilla/Netscape  

Expected Results:  
I want to import profiles from both =) .. I know I can do it from inside, but it
is LOGICAL to have a multichoose tick boxes to select as many browsers installed
to import profiles

umm .. fix it ?

Comment 1

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

And if you check "Internet Explorer" and "Opera" from the list, which
preferences take precedence?  Or with any combination, which cookies? Sorry,
that's a mess that can't be straightened out easily by the normal user.

Aside from that, wanting to import settings from multiple browsers at once is an
edge case, since most users want settings from Browser X, not all of their
browsers.  Its less logical to import multiple sets of settings at once, than to
copy your current browser's settings.

Edge cases can take an extra step, instead of creating conflicting data.