Firefox can still erase a hard drive

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VanillaMozilla wrote:The only patch I know of is that it no longer presents the desktop as the default custom location. They fixed that at least.

You mean, My Documents ;)
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Yes.
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Unbelievable.
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Latest victim:
http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_fo ... tId=106163
i deleted the default profile "poo" and it deleted all my IMPORTANT files on my desktop!
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Only way this is going to get fixed is if it bites one of the Devs.
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Actually, it is devs who never have to screw with the profile :)
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IMO, that is never gonna be fixed until one of two things happen:
1. the existence of Firefox having a Profile becomes officially supported = UI access to Profiles like SM and KM have\
2. Profiles are eliminated from Firefox


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I dread 2. happening there were rumbles and a bug filed years ago to that effect. Mainly because they saw it as an "easy" fix :(
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i can't vote. i'm a felon. :)
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No kidding? You got busted for telling it like it is? :lildevil: Doesn't matter. Public opinion doesn't matter. Votes don't matter. :furious:
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