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 == Summary  ==
-Startup dialogs significantly impact the amount of time it takes users to get on the Web and retrieve a piece of information or complete a task, which is Firefox's primary purpose.&nbsp; Also in many cases start up dialogs represent some form of failing, ranging from a failing of engineering (unable to find or implement a cleaner solution), a failing of design (unable to determine the best approach) or security (deferring a decision so that we can blame the victim).&nbsp; So in all of these cases the dialog itself is simply the manifestation of a larger problem that we need to attack.
+Startup dialogs significantly impact the amount of time it takes users to get on the Web and retrieve a piece of information or complete a task, which is Firefox's primary purpose.
+In many cases start up dialogs represent some form of failing, ranging from a failing of engineering (unable to find or implement a cleaner solution), a failing of design (unable to determine the best approach) or a failing of security (delegating a decision so that we can blame the victim).  In all of these cases the dialog itself is simply the manifestation of a larger problem that we need to attack.  So perhaps "the eradication of start up dialogs" is an overly negative title, this is really more about "solving a range of complex problems, but entirely behind the scenes."
+[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2009/08/28/eradicating-start-up-dialogs/ Faaborg's blog post]
 == Current Status  ==
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 == Related Bugs  ==
-coming soon<br>
+* Add-on updates <s>{{bug|511529}}</s> (fixed-2.0.0)
+* Add-on installed, at least when incorrect {{bug|528423}}
+* Add-on may not be compatible
+** Update and check for compatibility updates in the background before Firefox updates {{bug|579990}}
+** Allow major update offers to be shown only to users who have no incompatible extensions (and do that for the first major update for each release, perhaps) {{bug|468072}}
+* Updating progress bar
+** {{bug|307181}} Install the update with a separate process so the time to switch over on load is insignificant
+* Default browser
+** Testing profile {{bug|513492}}
+** Windows users who already went through the trouble of unchecking the box in the installer {{bug|433249}}
+** Firefox incorrectly thinks it's not the default {{bug|213733}}
+* "Firefox is already running" dialog
+** Wait a few seconds and try again, kill the process {{bug|513419}}
+** Fix slow-shutdown bugs, such as {{bug|453178}}
+** Fix shutdown hang bugs, such as {{bug|479373}}
+** Gather statistics on why Firefox hangs, like we do for crashes {{bug|429592}}
+* Master Password
+** Only request master password when needed
+*** ... not because a background tab contains a login form {{bug|513534}}
+*** ... not because I loaded a page containing a login form {{bug|400680}}
+** {{bug|499233}}, <s>{{bug|475053}}</s> (fixed-1.9.2) Don't ask the master password multiple times.
+* http Auth
+** Content area page instead of a dialog box {{bug|399583}} would also fix spoofability
+** Automatically log in {{bug|223636}}
+** Consolidate by login domain ({{bug|385239}}?)
+* Choose a client cert ({{bug|395399}}? {{bug|32010}}?)
+* NTLM? {{bug|318253}}
+* Possible to get a postdata dialog on session restore?
+** Not with the default settings (see {{bug|493436}}) (nonetheless, {{bug|451250}} is about replacing the postdata prompt)
+Might not be worth removing (significant problems):
+* Locked sqlite file
+* Locked profile
+Dialogs on exit
+* Save and quit
+* Downloads in progress that can't be resumed
+* Update restart {{bug|434987}}
 == Team  ==
 *'''Project Lead''': faaborg
+*'''Help with gathering bugs''': jesse
 *'''Extensions related work''': mossop