356018 - "Remove all cookies" usability issue

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 210173

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Chris Graham]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061003 Firefox/2.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061003 Firefox/2.0

The cookie deletion UI contains two buttons:
 - Remove Cookie (singular)
 - Remove All Cookies (plural)

The tree contains domain/directory nodes and cookie nodes.

I assumed (given no on screen help) that the 'Remove Cookie' button would delete a single selected cookie, and that the 'Remove All Cookies' button would delete anything underneath a domain/directory node. As I had a domain/directory node selected, I clicking the plural button (cookie being singular seemed inappropriate, as I did want to delete multiple cookies). Without warning, all my cookies across all domains and directories had been deleted.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go the the cookie management
2. Click the 'Remove all Cookies' button

Actual Results:  
Absolutely all cookies gone, without warning, even though a user might not expect it given what the alternative button says.

Expected Results:  
A warning box that the button will erase absolutely all cookies.
The 'Remove cookie' button should be 'Remove cookie(s)'.
The two removal buttons should not be left-aligned and placed next to each other, as that implies they are both operative over the same data (the list).

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 210173 ***