User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091007 Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.3 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091007 Ubuntu/9.10 There is a huge need to have a separation between user-data and user-preferences. For example, when I back up my mozilla config files, I want my preferences and bookmarks - but not my Cache directory. This will also have the added advantage of a less cluttered home directory. References: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?207-modify-your-application-to-use-xdg-folders Reproducible: Always Actual Results: A .mozilla file folder contains all user preferences as well as cache directories. Expected Results: store .mozilla folder in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME directory and the Cache directory in $XDG_DATA_HOME directory Linux skywalker 2.6.31-12-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 19:37:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Dupe of bug 259356?

Since there were no objections, marking as a duplicate.