513492 - Don't prompt to become default browser when using a non-default profile

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, enhancement, P4)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

If I start Firefox with a non-default profile, Firefox shouldn't prompt to become the default browser.  I'm unlikely to want to set the build I'm testing to be the default browser, and it won't "work" anyway because the profile will be wrong.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Originally suggested by Mook:

http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2009/08/28/eradicating-start-up-dialogs/#comment_147075

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

(In reply to comment #0)
> won't "work" anyway because the profile will be wrong.

I don't disagree with the conclusion, but I don't understand this argument. The default browser setting doesn't care about profiles at all.

Comment 3

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

Handling the profile manager is problematic, because you could be setting the profile you just chose as the new default. We should just get rid of the profile manager anyway. If you're using -profile, then it seems pretty likely that you're using a testing profile, and we could propagate a flag somewhere to not bother with the default browser prompt.

Comment 4

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

Overall this change is fine, but since the profile manager isn't really a supported UI, we should probably try to address the root of this problem (the dialog itself), and not spend too much time helping a very small subset of users.

Comment 5

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Agreed.  It's not a bad idea, but not a high priority.

Comment 6

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

fwiw, bug 720288 disabled the prompt in DEBUG builds.