653360 - -private switch does not change Firefox button to purple and opens an extra window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 631973

(Firefox :: Private Browsing, defect)

Description

[Nicholas Solin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

I have a shortcut on my desktop called "Mozilla Firefox (Private Browsing)" with the target set to 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private

If I use this shortcut, the Firefox button will not change to purple, and it will open two pages instead of one. One page will be about:privatebrowsing and the other will be about:home.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a copy of the Firefox shortcut.
2. Add -private to the Target section.
3. Use the shortcut.

Actual Results:  
Firefox opens two windows (about:privatebrowsing and about:home) with both of their Firefox buttons set to orange.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should open one window with a purple Firefox button at the location about:privatebrowsing.

Comment 1

[Alice0775 White]

I think this is intentional.
See Bug 588655.

Comment 2

[Nicholas Solin]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I think this is intentional.
> See Bug 588655.

The orange Firefox button, or opening two windows with the -private switch?

I believe the "purple" part of this bug report is a copy of what you linked, but is opening two windows intentional?

Comment 3

[(no longer active)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > I think this is intentional.
> > See Bug 588655.
> 
> The orange Firefox button, or opening two windows with the -private switch?

The former.  The latter is bug 631973.