Open-link misbehavior

[Dimi Paun]

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 18:26 -0800, Ian Burrell wrote:
> This is controlled by a Firefox preference and affects opening any
> external link.  The default is "a new tab in the most recent window". 
> The other options are in "a new window", or in "the most recent
> tab/window".

I know this, however this does not work correctly in a multi-desktop
setup without some cooperation between Firefox and Metacity. This
is clearly (at least at this point) a distro issue, simply because
the Mozilla people can't do anything about it given the large variation
out there in the field (tens of WMs, etc).

In fact, when a link is opened in a new tab on same desktop, the app
button in the taskbar flashes. This is not a Firefox behavior, it is
the desktop. There's nothing Firefox-ish about it. When it opens in a
_different_ desktop however, you get nothing! No indication, sign, etc.
You are left to hunt through the various desktops like an idiot.

I hope people don't consider this acceptable.

-- 
Dimi Paun <dimi at lattica.com>
Lattica, Inc.