574349 - No confirmation dialog for (accidental) quit command if browser.startup.page is set to 3

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 419009

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Alexander Horz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4

Given the configuration
- browser.tabs.warnOnClose: true
- browser.warnOnQuit: true
- browser.startup.page: 3
a confirmation is required when closing a window with multiple tabs, but
no confirmation is required when (accidentally) quitting the whole browser.

Quit without confirmation is a severe usability problem if multiple windows and dozen of tabs are open!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set configuration as sketched above
2. open a new window and multiple tabs within this window
3. type cmd-w to close the window containing multiple tabs
4. cancel closing of the window
5. accidentally type cmd-q (instead of cmd-w)
(you may type "ctrl" instead of "cmd" on windows or linux systems)

Actual Results:  
a) in response to step 3, a confirmation popup prevents from accidental closing
b) in response to step 5, firefox quits instantaneously


Expected Results:  
a) in response to step 3, a confirmation popup prevents from accidental closing
b) in response to step 5, a confirmation popup prevents from accidental quitting


The actual behavior is inconsistent from the user's point of view (even if this inconsistent behavior might be documented as a "feature").

The expected behavior is required for (enhanced) usability: Reopening of dozen of tabs is very time-consuming (loading time) and usually includes annoying re-logins due to loss of session cookies.

Note, this bug report is NO duplicate of Bug 419009.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

Your steps to reproduce are the same as bug 458561 which is a dupe of 419009. You've added a little noise by including something not related to the browser closing.