Bug#486570: [iceweasel] opening links from thunderbird moves icewesel to current desktop

[Eddy Petrișor]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.0.1-1
# this bug interferes with the user preferences
severity 486570 important
thanks

I usually keep firefox on the fourth dekstop, while icedove on the first. I do this to keep things
tidy. Also, I often receive links through emails and trying to open them results in iceweasel moving
to the first desktop, where icedove is, ruining and cluttering my workspace.

Please fix this some way or another, it really impedes me from doing any work.

--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64

Debian Release: lenny/sid
900 testing security.debian.org
900 testing ftp.ro.debian.org
10 unstable ftp.ro.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
================================-+-===============
fontconfig | 2.6.0-1
psmisc | 22.6-1
procps | 1:3.2.7-8
debianutils (>= 1.16) | 2.30
libc6 (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-10
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) | 2.16.4-2
libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) | 2.12.10-2
libnspr4-0d (>= 1.8.0.10) | 4.7.1-3
libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) | 4.3.1-2
xulrunner-1.9 (>> 1.9~rc2-5) | 1.9.0.1-1

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[Eddy Petrișor"]

Package: iceweasel
found 486570 3.0.4-1
tags 486570 patch
thanks

Hello,

I just upgraded a system from etch to lenny and I saw once more this
bug. This is a regression that will most likely be frowned upon by our
users when they'll upgrade to lenny, so I'd rather we see this bug is
fixed before the release.

>From the related bugs I see that there are two ways o fixing this issue:
- fix iceweasel: set browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground = true
- reassign the bug to metacity and fix it, changing also pidgin's behaviour, too

I think the proper fix (or workaround, depending on your PoV of the
issue) is to use the chrome key since it is an iceweasel regression
and, even though the urgency setting is lost, I think the impact is a
lot smaller than these windows moving around like crazy and imepeding
work.

There a way to add system wide this setting by adding it to
/etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js

browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground = true

The patch adding it system wide is attached. Note this is not patch
for the source package, but only the file that triggers the change
system wide.

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Regards,
EddyP
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[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 07:06:04PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> found 486570 3.0.4-1
> tags 486570 patch
> thanks
>
> Hello,
>
> I just upgraded a system from etch to lenny and I saw once more this
> bug. This is a regression that will most likely be frowned upon by our
> users when they'll upgrade to lenny, so I'd rather we see this bug is
> fixed before the release.
>
> From the related bugs I see that there are two ways o fixing this issue:
> - fix iceweasel: set browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground = true
> - reassign the bug to metacity and fix it, changing also pidgin's behaviour, too
>
>
> I think the proper fix (or workaround, depending on your PoV of the
> issue) is to use the chrome key since it is an iceweasel regression
> and, even though the urgency setting is lost, I think the impact is a
> lot smaller than these windows moving around like crazy and imepeding
> work.
>
> There a way to add system wide this setting by adding it to
> /etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js
>
> browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground = true

The problem is that this pref does more than working around metacity's
problem, and changes the behaviour for some categories of tab opening.

Which means instead of getting reports about firefox stealing focus,
we'll then get reports about firefox opening tabs in the background in
some cases.

I'm not sure which users will be more annoyed (and more annoying ;) ).

Mike

[Eddy Petrișor"]

2009/1/13 Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org>:

>> I think the proper fix (or workaround, depending on your PoV of the
>> issue) is to use the chrome key since it is an iceweasel regression

>> and, even though the urgency setting is lost, I think the impact is a
>> lot smaller than these windows moving around like crazy and imepeding
>> work.

>> There a way to add system wide this setting by adding it to
>> /etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js
>>
>> browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground = true
>
> The problem is that this pref does more than working around metacity's
> problem, and changes the behaviour for some categories of tab opening.

I know, that's why I said:

>> I think the impact is a
>> lot smaller than these windows moving around like crazy and imepeding
>> work.

... although I wasn't clear that I was aware that all tabs would be
opened in the background.

> Which means instead of getting reports about firefox stealing focus,
> we'll then get reports about firefox opening tabs in the background in
> some cases.
>
> I'm not sure which users will be more annoyed (and more annoying ;) ).

I think that users in my own category will be more annoyed and annoying
since the iceweasel window would move all over the place for this behaviour,
while for the other they would need to do and extra click to reach the new tab.

Maybe the urgency shouldn't be set if the link is opened from an external link?
How hard would it be to disable the urgency stuff for everybody. I know, I know,
that's overkill, too, but I really fear the reviews and impressions from people
getting annoyed at this bug after the upgrade.

Meanwhile I looked at the source and prepared a small NMU and the diff is
attached - although probably useless since you're active and I am not a DD.