Closed Bug 369408 Opened 18 years ago Closed 18 years ago

"Clear Private Data" doesn't clear javascript errors.

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 322169

People

(Reporter: cjames53, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20061011 Fedora/1.5.0.7-7.fc6 Firefox/1.5.0.7 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20061011 Fedora/1.5.0.7-7.fc6 Firefox/1.5.0.7 Tools --> Clear Private Data doesn't clear error messages from the JavaScript Console. Since many/most web sites have JavaScript and/or CSS errors, you can easily tell what web sites have been visited recently by opening the JavaScript console, even after clearing all private data. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Visit any site that has a javascript error, e.g. www.microsoft.com 2. Click "Home" 3. Select Tools->Clear Private Data 4. Select Tools->Javascript Console Actual Results: The CSS errors from www.microsoft.com are displayed, showing that the site was visited. Expected Results: It should have cleared the JavaScript console.
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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