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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
