The old behaviour was likable for the same reason that the "open links in new tab in the background" option is likable (and is the default these days): it allows one to open a link without immediately context switching to it; instead one can continue with the task at hand, and switch at one's own time (and the flashing taskbar entry makes this easier). So personally I think it makes more sense for the implemented behaviour to be consistent with the value of the aforementioned setting, not with the startup behaviour.
I too was surprised when the new version of firefox started behaving in a new, surprising way, and I came to bugzilla to look for or file a bug. Anyway, just my $0.02. Just because the old behaviour was the artifact of bug does not automatically mean it's not the desirable one. But of course it's up to the developers to decide what they want to implement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009816 Title: Firefox comes to front when opening link via external program. Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1009816/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
