@Evan,

What I'm saying is I want Firefox to act like it did before the upgrade
in regards to focus policy.

The way it was before is that Firefox would only come to the front if
there were not already and instance running.  People often will go
through their emails and/or RSS feeds clicking links, but not wish to go
see or go to them until they are finished with all the emails/feeds.

Firefox 13 should, as it did before, remain in the background when it
opens a new tab if that is my wish.  Firefox needs honor the users
settings/wishes as far as focus goes.

I tested this on my laptop, which still had FF
12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1.  I upgraded Firefox and only Firefox.
Before the upgrade, Firefox remained in the background when I clicked on
a link from an email.  After the upgrade, Firefox no longer remained in
the background when I clicked on a link from an email.

A major operational feature is no longer performing the way it did prior
to the upgrade.  This is a bug, not a feature request.

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Title:
  Firefox comes to front when opening link via external program.

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Firefox 13 no longer remains in the background if opening a new tab
  from a different window, such as an email.

  Prior to the upgrade, the only time Firefox would rise to the
  foreground was if it were not already running.

  1) Ubuntu  12.04 LTS
  2) The version of the package you are using: firefox 
13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  3) See above.
  4) See above.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: firefox 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Uname: Linux 3.4.1-030401-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  bjwest     2280 F.... pulseaudio
  BuildID: 20120601173917
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 
not found.
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfd200000 irq 16'
     Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887-VD'
     Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,10438444,00100302'
     Controls      : 44
     Simple ctrls  : 21
  Channel: release
  Date: Wed Jun  6 22:35:45 2012
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.119  metric 
1
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth1      no wireless extensions.
  Plugins:
   Skype Buttons for Kopete - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/skypebuttons.so (kopete)
   Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
  PrefErrors: Unexpected character before close parenthesis @ 
[Profile]/extensions/{e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781}/defaults/preferences/greasemonkey.js:4
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=13.0/20120601173917 (In use)
  RelatedPackageVersions: kopete 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1
  RfKill:
   
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (40 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/30/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0503
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: M5A97
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0503:bd05/30/2011:svnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM5A97:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.

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