Firefox3.5/Dialog Usage

List of ways that dialogs are used in Firefox that the user is not explicitly expecting. The list is meant to cover most of these uses but is not guaranteed to contain them all.

1. Quit Firefox: save your tabs for next time
2. Software Update
3. Confirm setting cookie
4. Make FF the default browser
5. closing multiple tabs
6. opening multiple tabs may slow Firefox
7. About to view an unencrypted page
8. low-grade encryption
9. leave encrypted page to unencrypted
10. submit information not encrypted
11. encrypted page contains some unencrypted data
12. Bookmark all tabs
13. HTTP Authentication
14. Confirm re-posting of form data
15. Automatic & Superfluous Auth. Confirmations from nsHttpChannel::ConfirmAuth
16. Permit Unload
    • "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?"
17. Replace Bookmarks Confirmation
    • "This will replace all of your current bookmarks with the backup. Are you sure?"
18. Confirm micro-summary generator
    • Add the following microsummary generator?
19. Confirm Locale/Skin Installation
20. Unsupported FTP server (UnsupportedFTPServer)
21. FTP error in nsFtpState::StopProcessing
22. Download error alert
23. Error saving/opening
24. Web progress status change error (nsHelperAppDlg.js)
25. Application specified cannot be found (badApp)
26. Installation of ActiveX plugin failed/successful
27. External App handler error
28. A script on this page has been stopped due to a low memory condition.
29. Generic download error (downloadErrorGeneric)
30. Addon not compatible (incompatibleMessage)
31. Could not install addon file (errorInstallMsg)
32. Remove/Change master password (removemp.js/changemp.js)
33. Update service error message (updaterIOErrorMsg)
34. Find in page: not found (notFoundWarning)
35. Select a profile (pleaseSelect)
36. Profile in use (profileLocked2)
37. Invalid profile name (profileNameInvalid)
38. Profile creation failed (profileCreationFailed)
39. Javascript or data urls cannot be loaded from the history window or sidebar (load-js-data-url-error)
40. Bookmark Restore format error (bookmarksRestoreFormatError)
41. Bookmark restore backup restore failed (bookmarksRestoreParseError)
42. Search engine not supported and will not be instaled (error_invalid_engine_msg)
43. FIPS mode requires Master Password (pw_change2empty_in_fips_mode)
44. Enter a valid hostname in preferences (invalidURI)
45. Browser is already the default (alreadyDefaultBrowser)
46. existing engine/bookmark keyword (duplicateEngineMsg)
47. about popup blocker (chrome://browser/content/pageReportFirstTime.xul)

Startup

1. Error launching browser window (prepareForStartup)