** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1271727 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1271727
** Also affects: firefox via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1271727 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580274 Title: Firefox should allow you to set New Tab to certain fixed values Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: From Firefox 41 one is now unable in about:config to set the New Tab to a custom URL, and as far as I remember this is due to certain security issues with New Tab hijacking. So before one could set it to any URL, now one cannot set it to anything, but I think that something in between would be better, so I propose that one is allowed to set the New Tab URL in about:config to certain fixed values. Probably it would allow you to set it to: - about:newtab (Default New Tab page) - about:blank (Blank page) - about:home (Default Firefox home page) But nothing else so there shouldn't be any security issues around New Tab hijacking. Another thing to add, if this does get implemented then I think that the settings should also be accessible through about:preferences and not just about:config as these are essential settings like the home page and will be useful for all users and not just advanced ones. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1580274/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
