Closed Bug 1399908 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

If Activity Stream is disabled from about:config, the old new tab page is wrongly displayed

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(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

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RESOLVED WONTFIX
Tracking Status
firefox57 --- wontfix

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(Reporter: mcoman, Unassigned)

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**[Affected versions]:** - Nightly 57.0a1 Build ID 20170914100122 **[Affected Platforms]:** - All Windows - All Mac - All Linux **[Steps to reproduce]:** 1. Open the latest Nightly and go to about:config page. 2. Change the value of "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled" pref to false. 3. Restart the browser and open a new tab. 4. Observe the new tab page. **[Expected result]:** - A blank page is displayed. **[Actual result]:** - Old New Tab page is displayed. **[Notes]:** - Attached a screen recording of the issue:
The desired behavior of disabling activity stream is to get tiles… for now. Later there won't be an option to disable activity stream
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Component: Activity Streams: Newtab → New Tab Page
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