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From: Steve W. Jackson on 22 Jan 2010 16:32
I upgraded to the new Firefox 3.6 release yesterday and have encountered
an annoying quirk I'd like to resolve. So far, I've been unable to find
anything about it while browsing the Firefox forums and thought I'd toss
it out here to see if anyone can suggest a fix.

I have some .webloc files saved for sites I frequent. Since switching
to 3.6, I've found that using these when Firefox isn't running results
in launching it and opening two windows, one for the location desired
and the other for the home page listed in my preference settings. It
turns out that this same annoying behavior occurs if I command-click a
URL using MT-NewsWatcher when Firefox is not running.

I've tried changing my preferences to use a blank page, and I've tried
different home pages -- all with the same result. Any insights are
appreciated.

= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
From: Paul Anderson on 22 Jan 2010 17:21
In article <stevewjackson-29ABBD.15324022012010(a)news.individual.net>,
"Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson(a)knology.net> wrote:

> I have some .webloc files saved for sites I frequent. Since switching
> to 3.6, I've found that using these when Firefox isn't running results
> in launching it and opening two windows, one for the location desired
> and the other for the home page listed in my preference settings. It
> turns out that this same annoying behavior occurs if I command-click a
> URL using MT-NewsWatcher when Firefox is not running.

I've noticed that clicking a URL in another application (or
command-clicking in MT-NewsWatcher) properly adds a tab to the Firefox
window with the correct contents, but if Firefox is minimized (in the
Dock) it doesn't maximize. So I have to click on the Firefox icon in
the dock to get to the page. This is a change in behavior from earlier
versions of Firefox; in fact, it's a change from every other browser
I've ever used.

I don't know whether there's a setting somewhere to reset the right
behavior or whether it's a bug.

Paul
From: Steve W. Jackson on 24 Jan 2010 13:11
In article <4b5ab468$0$21158$e4fe514c(a)dreader19.news.xs4all.nl>,
Cat <0kevi(a)accessforall.invalid> wrote:

> In article <stevewjackson-29ABBD.15324022012010(a)news.individual.net>,
> "Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson(a)knology.net> wrote:
>
> > I upgraded to the new Firefox 3.6 release yesterday and have encountered
> > an annoying quirk I'd like to resolve. So far, I've been unable to find
> > anything about it while browsing the Firefox forums and thought I'd toss
> > it out here to see if anyone can suggest a fix.
> >
> > I have some .webloc files saved for sites I frequent. Since switching
> > to 3.6, I've found that using these when Firefox isn't running results
> > in launching it and opening two windows, one for the location desired
> > and the other for the home page listed in my preference settings. It
> > turns out that this same annoying behavior occurs if I command-click a
> > URL using MT-NewsWatcher when Firefox is not running.
> >
> > I've tried changing my preferences to use a blank page, and I've tried
> > different home pages -- all with the same result. Any insights are
> > appreciated.
> >
> > = Steve =
>
> Same here, but then when clicking on an RSS feed in RSS menu. I reported
> this bug to Mozilla. I suggest other people do the same. If you don't
> report bugs they may not know.
> This behaviour wasn't there in any of the 3.6 betas, nor in RC1 (release
> candidate), but started in RC2.
> SK.

I had not tried it from my RSS reader, but I too get this same
undesirable behavior when Firefox is closed. Drat.
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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