We need visible UI to allow users to enable session restore by default; e.g. even if the browser doesn't crash.

This bug does not block 340677, since the solution to this isn't necessarily to add an option. We might want to simply always ask on startup, or ask on shutdown when there's >1 tabs open, or not make this a user-facing thing at all.

Hi Mike, Given that Fx 2 has a very good Session Restore service and its one of the features which has been in great demand from users (through forums as well as usage of extensions providing this service), IMHO the preference to restore a user's session should be provided in the new preferences panel that is being designed. As far as the option of popping up a dialog box asking the users whether they want to restore the previous session (during startup) or during close-down, from my experiences with this feature in IE7, I think its an unnecessary intrusion. In the latest nightlies, I have used the about:config route of creating the respective preference to restore session and setting it to 'true'. It works smoothly and flawlessly. A simple preference to do the same would be a really good idea IMO. Request to set this as blocking Fx 2. Regards.

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Component should be 'Preferences', right?

Just an idea.

Or under Main > Homepage.

Yes, that's probably more intuitive, even though always restoring the last session remains a question of privacy.

I'd not put it in either location. Privacy is IMHO wrong because that's rather where you disable features which might be of privacy risk than enable features which also have a privacy aspect. As a user I would at least not first think of it as a privacy option to enable but rather as a simple startup option. Adding it as a homepage option is wrong either because it just applies at startup (i.e. what should the homepage button do if the previous session has been set as homepage?). I'd rather think of the homepage as a glorified bookmark which happens to be loaded at startup. One option would be to add it under Tabs (although strictly speaking no pure tab option, there's at least enough place for putting it). A second option is Advanced -> General -> Browsing (not fitting perfectly either). The correct (although UI bloaty) option would be to create a new (sub)section for session saving and resuming where some of the other prefs would be exposed as well (e.g. the related privacy option). IMO the first of these three alternatives is best (resp. the least bad) one. BTW: Exposing the option only in the multiple-tabs-closing dialog would be wrong as well, since also tabless multi-window sessions can be resumed (the edge case which makes it non-ideal to put the option into the Tabs pane).

(In reply to comment #8) > Privacy is IMHO wrong because that's rather where you disable features which > might be of privacy risk than enable features which also have a privacy aspect. Now will it be enabled by default or not? http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2371087#2371087 says it will. > Adding it as a homepage option is wrong either because it just applies at > startup (i.e. what should the homepage button do if the previous session has > been set as homepage?). I'd rather think of the homepage as a glorified > bookmark which happens to be loaded at startup. The "Home Page" options group could be renamed to "Startup" or something.

This is how Opera does it. I very rarely use Opera, but it has "Continue from last time" as default and I was glad that I found the option with the first click I tried. That's why I remember it now.

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Requesting to Block Fx2.

Waldo, find me online and we'll talk about an appropriate place to put this.

Moving to Fx3, we don't have good UI for this, and there's bigger things left in the pile.

I was at the other bug listing, Bug 159357, which refers to having a setting to ALWAYS save the session after close. In this bug listing, we now want a UI option to configure the session saving. Along with this, there should be an option in the File menu to "Close All Windows and Save Session", so that we can do it once on demand, and not have to have it on all the time. P.S. If this will require a separate bug listing, let me know.

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