Comment 15 for bug 226470

Sorry, but I can't follow that argumentation. I'd think the contrary is the case. If there is a confirmed (and very nasty) bug reported by several people, I would assume somebody feels the obligation to correct this bug before the next Firefox release. I mean somebody has to be reponsible for the quality of Firefox. If the bug is unconfirmed, developers might not care about it because to them, it's very possbile that the bug is a problem somewhere else and not in their product.

You're right that if someone chooses to work on it, the difference between this report being UNCO or NEW won't matter to them. Though, I think marking this bug as new will improve the chances that somebody chooses to work on it.

As I can see, the bug was opened in 2004. How many Firefox release have there been since the first report? Why does nobody fix the bugs for new release? (Or at least stop the new releases until somebody is willing to fix the bug.) How can you release new Firefox versions with open bugs? Or do the developers think there are no bugs because even after several confirmations you leave the bug unconfirmed?

I suggest increasing the severity to at least critical because for users who happen to stumble upon this bug, it's very painful.