425731 - Newly opened window cannot navigate any site When lots of bookmarks are present in the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[Luca Finzi Contini]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13

My Bookmark Toolbar Folder contains a lot of different bookmarks.
If I open a new window, the new window inizializes with empty Bookmark Toolbar and does not navigate to any URL. 
If I move the majority of my Bookmark Toolbar Folder bookmarks to the normal bookmarks, a newly opened window will be perfectly working.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Populate the Bookmark Toolbar Folder with a huge number of bookmarks (around 60, also counting a RSS feed of "America Votes 2008" from the CNN website) (http://rss.cnn.com/services/podcasting/raceto08/rss.xml)

2. Open a new window with File -> New Window

Actual Results:  
the newly opened window will open up with nothing on the Bookmark Toolbar and will not navigate to any site , i.e. no URL will work.

Expected Results:  
the newly opened window should work like the parent one.

If I move most of my Bookmark Toolbar folder bookmarks to the normal bookmark manager, the newly opened windows are working.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.