136771 - WM_CLASS says "Mozilla-bin"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 29856

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Jamie Zawinski]

In 4.x, the WM_CLASS window property was

    WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Netscape"

Now it is:

    WM_CLASS(STRING) = "mozilla-bin", "Mozilla-bin"

I think it should be the same as before, so that users' window
manager configurations continue to match Mozilla windows the
way they used to match Netscape windows.  (Though I can see
the argument for using "Mozilla" instead of "Netscape".)

However, you should *definitely* put the type of window in
the first string instead of having them all be the same: for
example,

    "Navigator", "Mozilla"
    "Communicator", "Mozilla"
    "Bookmarks", "Mozilla"

4.x and earlier did this:

    WM_CLASS(STRING) = "bookmarks", "Netscape"

In any event, every time I look down at my task list and see the
entry for "Mozilla-bin" it makes me shake my head and sigh.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

duplicate of bug 29856?

Comment 2

[Jamie Zawinski]

> duplicate of bug 29856?

Yes, I think so.

Comment 3

[timeless]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 29856 ***