Closed Bug 1137696 Opened 9 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Firefox 36.0 disables xfce desktop url launcher under Ubuntu, defaults to new window

Categories

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Untriaged
Version:
36 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1136415

People

(Reporter: abrightcoldday, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0
Build ID: 20150224183107

Steps to reproduce:

Upgraded to Firefox 36.0 using Ubuntu  software updater.   Identical results on two computers, one running Ubuntu 12.04 and one running 14.04.  Clicked on Xfce desktop url launcher.


Actual results:

Xfce desktop url launcher failed to open the specified url but instead opened a new window that defaulted to Google search page.


Expected results:

The Xfce url launcher should (and previously did) open the specified url in a new tab.  Under Firefox 36.0 the launcher opened a new window instead of the url specified in the launcher.  The new window opened in the default Google search page.
Summary: Firefox 36.0 disables xfce desktop url launcher under Ubuntu, defaults to empty new window → Firefox 36.0 disables xfce desktop url launcher under Ubuntu, defaults to new window
Another report of this issue (French board): http://forums.mozfr.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=123119

Could you test this possible workaround: make another browser (say Chromium) the default browser then make Firefox the new default browser.
Flags: needinfo?(abrightcoldday)
Yes.  When Chromium is made the default browser, the Xfce url launcher works properly, opening a window in Chromium at the proper specified url.  When I switch the default browser back to Firefox, the launcher fails to open the url and instead opens a new window showing the Google search page (my default for new windows)
Flags: needinfo?(abrightcoldday)
Ok, there is a work-around.  Based on the French Ubuntu thread http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=1794041   I found that if I go to "Preferred Applications" in Xfce and change the designation "Mozilla Firefox" to "firefox" the problem is solved.  Apparently there is a problem when the application does not explicitly specify which browser to use.

Since this was a deprecation from the previous version of Firefox, I would still say there is a bug in Firefox 36.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
This patch for exo allows to use "Mozilla Firefox" as "Preferred Application" in Xfce.
You could forward that to the Ubuntu developers.

http://git.xfce.org/xfce/exo/commit/?id=8022a52d10e834ef4481a317b11d6fe02a6c1bf3
Thanks Thomas.  I will do that.
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