921462 - "Reset Firefox" UI does not mention the desktop backup of the old profile

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Migration, enhancement)

Description

[[:Aleksej]]

2013-01-04-03-08-23-mozilla-central-firefox-20.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64
2013-09-26-11-20-34-mozilla-central-firefox-27.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64

"Reset Firefox" creates a copy of the profile being reset in the desktop folder of the user, but the dialogs leading to a Firefox reset do not mention the fact of the backup creation at all.

I am running Firefox with a different GNU/Linux user account than the desktop environment, so the folder created in ~/Desktop of the Firefox user didn't show up on the GUI desktop, so I wouldn't know there was a backup even if I pay attention to the UI.

Comment 1

[u279076]

Looks like an edge-case not covered by the original design, moving this to Trunk.

Comment 2

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

I wonder cannot Firefox have "Restore original profile" feature and UI only when it's launched with refreshed profile (i.e., only when there is a backup in desktop folder)?

Comment 3

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Marking this as an enhancement that could be considered for the UI in the future.