Jay Garcia wrote:
> Asa Dotzler wrote:
>
>
>>Jay Garcia wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>The "first run" page overrides the preference "start with blank page"
>>>?? Seems to have done that here. But as you said this "feature" has
>>>disappeared with subsequent nightlies.
>>>
>>>Thanks for the explanation.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Correct. There are two pages. The "first run" (not sure what it's really
>>called) page is a special page that should only come up the very first
>>time you install a new release. The "start" page or "home" page is a
>>different page, configurable by the user and will come up on all
>>subsiquent starts of the Browser.
>>
>>This is slightly modified behavior. We've had the two different pages
>>for a while> It used to be that the "first run" page only popped up on
>>first run of a new profile and you'd never see it again on that profile.
>> Now you will see it pop up 1 time with each new release you install.
>>This will allow for older profiles upgrading to a new release to see a
>>"what's new since the last release" page or something like that. The
>>feature is controversial and probably a bit confusing to folks who
>>install every new Milestone.
>>
>>--Asa
>>
>>
>
> Interesting, but it's not popping up with each nightly install here,
> only with that ONE build. Haven't seen it since.
I agree. It popped up once but I haven't seen it since. And I just use
tarballs (linux) and zip files (windows), never any installers. And it
still popped up once. Haven't seen it again.
- Pratik.
