On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 18:26 -0800, Ian Burrell wrote:
This is controlled by a Firefox preference and affects opening any
external link. The default is "a new tab in the most recent window".
The other options are in "a new window", or in "the most recent
tab/window".
I know this, however this does not work correctly in a multi-desktop
setup without some cooperation between Firefox and Metacity. This
is clearly (at least at this point) a distro issue, simply because
the Mozilla people can't do anything about it given the large variation
out there in the field (tens of WMs, etc).
In fact, when a link is opened in a new tab on same desktop, the app
button in the taskbar flashes. This is not a Firefox behavior, it is
the desktop. There's nothing Firefox-ish about it. When it opens in a
_different_ desktop however, you get nothing! No indication, sign, etc.
You are left to hunt through the various desktops like an idiot.
I hope people don't consider this acceptable.
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Dimi Paun <dimi(a)lattica.com>
Lattica, Inc.