Firefox can still erase a hard drive
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Firefox can still erase a hard drive
I'd appreciate it if you'd all go down and vote for this bug, seeing as how the arguments for not fixing it are circular.
Bug 434073 – Firefox can erase an entire hard drive by mistake
Please don't add comments, though, unless you plan on helping to fix it, or you have new information to add. This has been a VERY touchy subject, and we don't want these guys to dig in their heels again. Thanks.
Bug 434073 – Firefox can erase an entire hard drive by mistake
Please don't add comments, though, unless you plan on helping to fix it, or you have new information to add. This has been a VERY touchy subject, and we don't want these guys to dig in their heels again. Thanks.
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Voted....
Confirmed with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008051604 Minefield/3.0pre
It took the whole folder.....
Confirmed with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008051604 Minefield/3.0pre
It took the whole folder.....
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We saved a lot of users from serious data loss and the Moz. guys from a lot of bad publicity. And they don't even know or care. The Internet was blue with people screaming about data loss. If there's a next time, I swear I'm not going to bother.
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So.... If a user's profile gets messed up, they are not supposed to use the Profile Manager to make a new one to see if the error is corrected ???
I think we should add to the Profile Manager KB article, not to touch the Remove File Button at any cost.....
Maybe this button should be removed from the UI .. This would fix the problem
I think we should add to the Profile Manager KB article, not to touch the Remove File Button at any cost.....
Maybe this button should be removed from the UI .. This would fix the problem
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VanillaMozilla, {I voted for both those Bugs.}
What about the action of the 3.0 un-installer, regarding data loss similar to those two bugs? The "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations" doesn't just remove the 3.0 Profile, it entirely deletes the Mozilla folder in \Application Data\ , entirely wiping the profiles.ini file and every Firefox Profile.
What happens if the user has SeaMonkey 1.x installed, and they decide to "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations"?
Every damn SeaMonkey Profile and the profiles.ini file is wiped, because those are in the \App Data\Mozilla\ folder. SeaMonkey 2.0 will have its' own folder set under \App Data\SeaMonkey\ instead being side-by-side with the \Firefox\ folder in the \App Data\Mozilla\ folder.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folde ... e_location
What are they thinking?
Don't the Firefox developers think that a user might have more than one Mozilla browser installed?
Bug filed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434123
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What about the action of the 3.0 un-installer, regarding data loss similar to those two bugs? The "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations" doesn't just remove the 3.0 Profile, it entirely deletes the Mozilla folder in \Application Data\ , entirely wiping the profiles.ini file and every Firefox Profile.
What happens if the user has SeaMonkey 1.x installed, and they decide to "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations"?
Every damn SeaMonkey Profile and the profiles.ini file is wiped, because those are in the \App Data\Mozilla\ folder. SeaMonkey 2.0 will have its' own folder set under \App Data\SeaMonkey\ instead being side-by-side with the \Firefox\ folder in the \App Data\Mozilla\ folder.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folde ... e_location
What are they thinking?
Don't the Firefox developers think that a user might have more than one Mozilla browser installed?
Bug filed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434123
Ed
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