Hi Chris. I am inclined to suggest that logic suggests otherwise, and that you are turning the issue upside down in your post #5. Firefox only needs to meet the freedesktop.org specifications for user interface compatibility. If Unity deviates so as to require a special module to integrate Firefox in its user interface, then that should be added to Unity, not to Firefox.
As things stand, the firefox-globalmenu package adds an extension to Firefox. If a user of, say, Xubuntu or Kubuntu now opens the Firefox Extensions page, then that user is presented with an extension which is useless because it has no – and cannot have any – functionality in the Xfce or KDE desktop user environments. This is not even explained in so many words to the Firefox user who explores his/her installed Firefox Extensions (only implicitly if he or she happens to know what the ambiguous expression "Unity appmenu" stands for). The user should not be presented by default with useless Firefox extensions. It simply is a Unity problem, not a Firefox problem. It should be resolved in Unity, not in Firefox. And the untargeted universal installation of a Unity-specific Firefox Extension irrespective of the actual desktop installed, be it Unity, XFCE, KDE or other, is the worst of all solutions. -- 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/1085536 Title: Xubuntu has firefox-globalmenu package witch it cant use Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Xubuntu has firefox-globalmenu package witch it cant use ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox-globalmenu 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801AAICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: xubuntu 2771 F.... xfce4-volumed xubuntu 2798 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20121120042814 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'I82801AAICH'/'Intel 82801AA-ICH with STAC9700,83,84 at irq 21' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84' Components : 'AC97a:83847600' Controls : 34 Simple ctrls : 24 CasperVersion: 1.315 Channel: Unavailable Date: Sun Dec 2 01:48:52 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback IpRoute: default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0 proto static 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) NoProfiles: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.board.name: VirtualBox dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.board.version: 1.2 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1085536/+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
