Closed Bug 266742 Opened 20 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Support multiple proxy settings (fallback to DIRECT)

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1230803

People

(Reporter: daniel.spangler, Unassigned)

References

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1 It would be nice if a proxy is not found, the browser would fall back to direct connection settings. In IE you can give it multiple options and it will fall back on others. For instance, I have automatically detect and use automatic configuration script checked. This allows me to use the web when connected to my works VPN and when I'm not without having to change my connection settings. This sounds rather trivial, but it's a pain if you switch between networks frequently. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
As far as I can tell there are no firefox dupes for this. Confirming and settind dependency on browser equivalent.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Depends on: 43429
Ever confirmed: true
*** Bug 274693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #2) > *** Bug 274693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I reported bug 274693 even though I had read this bug report. What I am requesting in bug 274693 is not automatic fall-back, but rather proxy settings etc. on a per-connection basis (VPN, direct, etc.). But my request is admittedly similar to <A HREF="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi? id=43429">bug 43429</A>, a fact which I overlooked at the time of my submission.
Now that the core functions were moved into their own component, it's tempting to dupe this one to bug 43429. Since the solution requires a mix of backend (common) and front-end (Firefox specific) code, I'll leave this bug open and set as depends.
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: ability to have multiple proxy settings like in IE → Support multiple proxy settings (fallback configuration)
Version: unspecified → Trunk
*** Bug 274693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs, filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change
QA Contact: mconnor → preferences
Assignee: bross2 → nobody
Clarified summary. This is not compatible with the current design, because if you are on a proxy-only network, going to direct will simply create a lot of problems. RECOMMEND: wontfix.
Summary: Support multiple proxy settings (fallback configuration) → Support multiple proxy settings (fallback to DIRECT)
This is already taken care of by PAC, so this should probably be a wontfix.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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