598310 - Make "Work Offline" more discoverable in the app button menu for users who need it to recover from Firefox going offline automatically

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Move Work Offline to someplace else in the Firefox menu. Consider other menu items as well.

Comment 1

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

Attachment: patch

This adds Work Offline below Start Private Browsing and shows it only if Firefox is in offline mode, so it won't normally distract users.

Comment 2

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

I think this functionality should be ripped out of firefox entirely. What is the point of "Working Offline"? If the idea is to be able to use the cached pages, why not include a link (similar to google search) on the network error page to the cached version of the page if it exists. Further navigation (through links on the cached page) should be directed to the cache if available. Otherwise, back to the network error page. That seems so much simpler and straightforward than a "Work Offline" button that gets triggered on its own sometimes (and very annoyingly).

Comment 3

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

Removing all support for "offline mode" isn't something that should be discussed here - file a new bug? It's certainly not feasible for 2.0.

Comment 4

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

Filed as bug 598719.

Comment 5

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

Comment on attachment 477581 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

This is an acceptable mitigation step for users who get accidentally trapped in offline mode due to a bug.  However, we really need to in the future resolve those bugs and remove offline mode entirely.  This shouldn't be considered a resolution to the overall problem.

Comment 6

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9549708d2e90

Comment 7

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Verified fixed with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101023 Firefox/4.0b8pre. A Litus test we be covered by bug 595610.