Closed Bug 4778 Opened 25 years ago Closed 23 years ago

[RFE] Preference for multiple browser windows at start-up

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, enhancement, P3)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Preferences
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: paulmac, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

(Keywords: helpwanted) 

I would like to see a preference that allows for multiple browser windows (with
different start pages) to launch at start-up. At least two.

For example, I would then be able to launch My Netscape and Calendar Express
when my browser launched, in addition to Mail and anything else.
Assignee: matt → don
Severity: normal → enhancement
Hardware: PC → All
Target Milestone: M7
Re-assigned to don@netscape.com, set target milestone to M7, changed severity to
enhancement, and platform to All.
Updating QA Contact from paulmac to cpratt
Target Milestone: M7 → M14
Summary: RFE: Preference for multiple browser windows at start-up → [RFE] Preference for multiple browser windows at start-up
Move to M20.
QA Contact: cpratt → sairuh
spam: in my testing realm, so reassigning qa contact to me, en masse.
Bulk move of all Pref UI component bugs to new Preferences component.  Pref UI 
component will be deleted.
Component: Pref UI → Preferences
Move to "Future" milestone.
Target Milestone: M20 → Future
This could be accomplished with a local html page and some javascript..
Since Don has left, Vishy is taking his bugs in bulk, pending reassignment.
thanks,
	Vishy
Assignee: don → vishy
Taking, cc law.
Assignee: vishy → blakeross
Matthew, is this really worth it? I'm not interested in implementing background 
prefs that are destined to be ui-less forever.
UI-wise, I don't think this will ever happen.

In a few years we'll hopefully be at the stage where, every time the user 
starts up their computer (not just when they resume from sleep mode), they'll 
have exactly the same windows open as were open when the computer was turned 
off. But that is much better done as an OS feature, not an application feature.

The fact that you `start up' Mozilla at all, rather than just double-clicking 
the relevant icons to open new browser windows, mail windows, composition 
windows, or whatever as needed, is an unfortunate architectural bug in Mozilla.

I suggest the reporter do what Jesse suggested -- set his home page to a 
Javascript which opens the desired windows and/or URIs. Or, with appropriate 
command-line or Applescript support, he could put a script to open the desired 
windows in his Startup folder.
This is one of the features people love Opera and Netcaptor for. I'm sure they
don't wait years to see this to happen in mozilla.
Actually, this feature in Opera annoys me, especially since the default windows 
come up in front of any URLs I specify on the command line.
Marking wontfix.  Agree with Matthew on most points.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
okay, vrfy'ing for now... not sure how this'd be applicable wrt bookmark groups,
if at all...
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
See also bug 134647, "[RFE] Allow selection of bookmark groups as Startup page".
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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