On linux, it is a norm, made by freedesktop.org, that fix how a window manager and an application must deal together regarding window placement. I think it must be similar things in the other OSs. Also, it is a lot of threads into the forum about that. Finally, different users can like different behaviors.
So, maybe the right solution is to choose some sane default for the new firefox windows, and have a preference that let the user to choose if he want firefox to remember the last size, let the window manager choose the size, or use the default size. Also, please don't allow firefox to resize already opened windows. I have a function in my desktop that resize automatically the newly opened firefox windows. when I start firefox, that function resize its window, the session manager come, I choose the session, and bang! firefox resize its window. This is not only irritating, but it is a waste of processor and of my time, as I must resize that f. crazy window. Or at least, put a preference setting for that too. Thanks a lot! And thanks a lot for firefox! -- 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/204480 Title: Window position is not remembered between starts Status in Mozilla Firefox: In Progress Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Firefox forgets the location of the main window each time I close it down and start it back up. I have investigated this, and it turns out that Firefox rewrites parts of the localstore.rdf file in my profile, and thus changes the screenX="499" setting to screenX="0" as can be seen in the below diff. Steps to reproduct: 1) Start firefox and move the main window until it touches the right edge of the screen. 2) Shut down firefox. 3) Start Firefox again Result: Firefox is positioned on the very left side of the screen. Expected result: Firefox should be started in the position I left it. Below is a diff that shows what changes are done by Firefox to my localstore.rdf file between step 2 and 3: --- localstore.rdf_correct 2008-03-21 03:45:28.000000000 +0100 +++ localstore.rdf_wrong 2008-03-21 03:48:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,21 +1,17 @@ <?xml version="1.0"?> <RDF:RDF xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"; xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";> + <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul"> + <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window"/> + <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box"/> + <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title"/> + </RDF:Description> <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window" screenY="25" sizemode="normal" width="1093" height="1122" - screenX="499" /> + screenX="0" /> <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title" value="" /> - <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box" - sidebarcommand="" - width="" - src="" /> - <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul"> - <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window"/> - <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box"/> - <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title"/> - </RDF:Description> </RDF:RDF> This problem has been observed in all Ubuntu releases that I can remember. Info about my Ubuntu installation and Firefox installation: Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch) Release: 8.04 firefox: Installed: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 21 03:46:38 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: firefox 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/204480/+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
