490992 - Popup blocking notification banner hides password storage banner

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Description

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Firefox 3.0.9, Ubuntu 9.04

1. Log in to a Web site that tries to open a popup window on the page following the login form. (One example of a site like this is <http://uk.westlaw.com/signon/default.wl?newdoor=true>. I don't have valid login details to share for this site, however.)
2. Try to get Firefox to remember the password you entered.

What happens: The "Firefox prevented this site from opening a popup window." banner quickly replaces the "Do you want Firefox to remember this password?" banner, making it practically impossible to get Firefox to remember the pasword.

What should happen: The popup blocking notification should not replace the password question.

One way of fixing this would be to stack the two banners, one above the other.

(This problem was discovered during Canonical user testing of Ubuntu.)

Comment 1

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 2

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

Testcase needs to be downloaded locally to work, bugzilla doesn't work well with forms...

Comment 3

[Bartłomiej Brzozowiec (BartZilla)]

I don't know if it matters, but <form> is not closed in your testcase...

Comment 4

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

This is now invalid since we don't use a notification bar for password storage in Firefox.