Closed Bug 982441 Opened 10 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Decouple "work offline mode" and internet connectivity detection states

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
macOS
defect
Not set
normal
Points:
13

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1134596

People

(Reporter: vtsatskin, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug, )

Details

Internet connectivity issues are not reported to the user and instead are given network related issues. For example, you do not have an active WiFi connection, try to access a site, and get a DNS error. This leads to us misdiagnosing the problem to the user.

We do have the capabilities to do connectivity detection, however the feature is disabled due to the implementation not behaving how we want. In addition, there were cases where users would be stuck in “work offline” mode.

See attached URL for a full discussion and potential solution to the problem. In a nutshell, we should decouple "work offline mode" and internet connectivity state so that the scenarios outlined in the full discussion do not occur.

The designs outlined in bug 966115 assume these changes take place.
Blocks: 982443
Flags: firefox-backlog?
Note: This is part of a larger offline/disconnected cleanup project outlined here: http://people.mozilla.org/~vtsatskin//notes/Projects/Message%20Cleanup/proposed.design
Flags: firefox-backlog? → firefox-backlog+
I'm doing parts of this in bug 939318
Whiteboard: p=13
Whiteboard: p=13 → p=13 [qa?]
Points: --- → 13
Whiteboard: p=13 [qa?]
Depends on: 1079113
The referenced URL with suggested design no longer works. Perhaps the contents could be attached here instead?
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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