164016 - launching pages from 3rd party mail or desktop links no longer opens new browser window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 155402

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[stephen roberts]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721

In the previous release (1.0), I noticed that when I launched a page via 3rd
party email (eudora) or by selecting a desktop shortcut, it would always spawn a
new browser window. With the new version, it seems to now always update the
current window to the new URL, which is rarely what I want to happen.
I cannot locate a preference that controls this "feature" and it is darned
annoying, especially when I'm debugging something and take some time to follow
an link someone sends me.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a page in Mozilla
2. Select a shortcut on desktop.


Actual Results:  
3. Mozilla changes to the new URL.

Expected Results:  
It used to pop up a new window with the new URL. I would either like a new
window or the preference to use the new window.

I noticed this as soon as I updated to 1.1 from 1.0.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 165311 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 165396 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

oops.. seems there's a slightly older instance of this one.. resolving as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155402 ***