User:TastyWheat/Safe Mode Reset

Being a Firefox user since version 1.05 I have only just today tried the Safe Mode feature. I was also made painfully aware of the ability to permanently reset my profile through this dialog. Had I fully read the text of the dialog I might have known better. However, my intuition wrongly told me that such a feature, resetting profile settings back to their defaults, wouldn't be located in the Safe Mode dialog. Well, it is, I did it, now I'm pretty mad.

Original Suggestion: Firefox/Feature_Brainstorming:Profiles#Profile_Reset

Warning Message

Other major events, viewing about:config, viewing a possible phishing page, viewing an encrypted page with unencrypted objects, provide the user with a proper warning. Something that can wipe out all bookmarks and remove all configuration tweaks and settings should definitely warn the user of the consequences of their action.

Profile Manager

This functionality, resetting profile settings to their defaults, really doesn't belong in Safe Mode. I choose Safe Mode and I expect to get a basic browser with scaled-down settings, I don't expect to have typical settings permanently altered. The Profile Manager, used to switch profiles and create new profiles, seems like the logical place to put this functionality. If I'm having profile trouble I might try Safe Mode to see if problems are related to settings and add-ons. If I find problems though, I'd go to the Profile Manager and create a new profile if necessary. Also, if I traced the problem to bad settings, then I would appreciate a "reset" option under the Profile Manager.