** Summary changed: - Could not start a Firefox session minimized on System Tray or Task List; windows pop up on desktop instead. + Could not start a Firefox session in background; windows pop up on desktop instead
** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox A Firefox session is opened automatically when you start Firefox, if you have chosen "show windows and tabs from last time" in Startup preferences. Furthermore, if you do not close Firefox 3 explicitly before logging out, the saved session will be opened automatically after logging in next time. A Firefox session can contain a lot of windows - that are opened on top of each other in the desktop and you can not use + that are opened on top of each other on the desktop and you can not use your computer while windows keep popping up. - I would like to get Firefox opened minimized so that I can use my - computer while Firefox is starting up. It would be nice, if would be - able to choose to work by a Firefox window while some other Firefox - windows are "opening" in background. + I would like to get Firefox opened in background so that I can use my + computer while Firefox is starting up. I can do so in Mandriva 2008 + spring / Gnome / Firefox 2; (I didn't test in Ubuntu Gnome): I could + continue working in terminal while Firefox is starting; Firefox does not + steal focus or pop up, if you click or type in e.g. a terminal window + after you have started Firefox startup. I would expect similar behavior + in Xfce / Xubuntu / Firefox (and other applications). I can not start Firefox minimized by command "kstart --iconify firefox - &". Even if I could, I am not sure, if this would open the session - minimized, when Firefox starts automatically after logging in. - - I can start e.g. OpenOffice.org iconified (to the Task List) by - respective kstart command, see Bug #20767 for details. - - Actually, I would like to have all applications started minimized or in - system tray, when a saved desktop session is returned after logging in - to desktop environment. + &", either. Even if I could, I am not sure, if this would open the + session minimized, when Firefox starts automatically after logging in. + (I can start e.g. OpenOffice.org iconified to the Task List by + respective kstart command, see Bug #20767 for details.) I am using Xubuntu 8.04 & Firefox 3. -- Could not start a Firefox session in background; windows pop up on desktop instead https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211533 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
