624752 - Session restore should open a blank page if no browser window was opened at close on Mac

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[Teodosia Pop]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b9) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b9) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b9

On MAC, only the main window should appear with a single "New Tab" tab f no browser window was opened at shutdown.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start FF
2.Open the Preferences dialog
3.Click the Content panel and uncheck "Block pop-up windows"
4.Click the Main panel and set "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
5.Close the Preferences dialog
6.Open this page http://hg.mozilla.org/qa/litmus-data/raw-file/tip/firefox/popups/popups_2.html
7.Click the HOME button on the main window
8.Close the main window using the X button once your homepage loads
9.Close all pop-ups using the X button
10.Click Firefox menu > Quit
11.Start Firefox


Actual Results:  
The home page is opened. 

Expected Results:  
Only the main window should appear with a single "New Tab" tab.

Comment 1

[Teodosia Pop]

This is a regression of bug 481090.

Comment 2

[u279076]

I'm guessing this is as designed and actually the way I would prefer it to behave.  Paul, can you please advise?

Thanks.

Comment 3

[:Gijs (he/him)]

I think this is by design, too. Tim?

Comment 4

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

I'm pretty sure that's the desired behavior. If we don't have any windows when quitting we will open you a new one displaying the home page.