Comment 41 for bug 483929

This bug has gone off into the weeds. Let's pull it back. I suggest filing a new bug for modifying this dialog so that it uses a compound button, since that's predicated on other parts of our UI using those types of buttons.

This bug is about the fact that the button text and placements are confusing users. To solve that issue, I would suggest:

 - changing the text of "Start New Session" to "Close" (probably needs a new bug so we don't get held up on string freeze)
 - moving the "Restore" button so that it is always beneath the "Restore" column

The close button should close the session restore window and replace it with the user's home page.

This will break slightly with the OSX consistency of always putting the "passive" option on the far right (ie: Cancel / OK ) but has the benefit of being cleaner in terms of information hierarchy as there is strong alignment with the options for restoring.

(In reply to comment #39)
> Worse than "Well, this is embarassing" is the text "Firefox is having trouble
> recovering you windows and tabs..." It's inappropriate for those people who
> prefer to have browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes set to 0.

File a separate bug for that, if you wish. Suggest new strings. While I agree with Alex that it's not a priority, it also shouldn't be hard for someone interested to come up with a patch, and the community who're adjusting those prefs are the type who like writing patches, too.