Closed Bug 1789673 Opened 2 years ago Closed 2 years ago

A custom homepage is not being imported from any browser

Categories

(Firefox :: Migration, enhancement)

Desktop
All
enhancement

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: danibodea, Unassigned)

References

Details

Note

  • When importing the data from a Chrome user profile, the user will notice that the custom homepage is not being imported.

** Found in**

  • 105.0b8

Affected versions

  • 105.0b8

Affected platforms

  • Windows 7
  • Win 10

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a custom homepage in a Chrome user profile (like a random website)
  2. Close Chrome.
  3. Open a new Firefox profile.
  4. Import all data from Chrome.

Expected result

  • The custom homepage is being imported.

Actual result

  • The custom homepage is NOT being imported; the default FF homepage is kept.

Regression range

  • Does NOT appear to be a recent FF regression since it is also reproducible in Nightly v91.0a1.

Additional notes

  • Everything else appears to be imported correctly.
  • This issue does NOT occur when importing from another Firefox browser.

This issue occurs also when importing data from Edge or other browsers.
The homepage settings are not imported.
NOTE: other browsers import the homepage settings from each other.

Summary: A custom homepage is not being imported from Chrome → A custom homepage is not being imported from any browser

We deliberately removed homepage import in bug 1434167 because we found that homepages weren't actually what users wanted, necessarily (e.g. in the case of hijacked browsers, "dodgywebsite toolbar" extensions having set it, etc. etc.). At that time the chrome import was already broken but other browsers were not.

Whether we should bring it back is a question for product.

Severity: S3 → --
Type: defect → enhancement
OS: Windows → All
See Also: → 1434167

I'd say this is expected behavior based on the background in 1434167, and will close it as won't fix.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 2 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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