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  1. Bug #195698
  2. Comment #460

Comment 460 for bug 195698

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote : Re: [Bug 195698] Re: Password asked separately for each tab that requires it

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A cert dialog happens before the tab content loads. An auth box would
seem like a form login if it was before content loads. Afterwards,
you're removing the content to display a login. The behavior is
standard in all browsers AFAIK.

Phoenix wrote:
> Dialog Boxes are evil - why can't the request be done like the one
> for invalid certificates?
>
> In older version of FF a dialogbox jumped when a certificate was
> invalid, meanwhile this is done within the tab - same could be done
> for basic auth requests - so a auth request wouldn't block the
> browser, nor would it be irritating in the event of multiple
> simultanous requests.
>
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