Nightly is incorrectly using Firefox release branding and icons under Linux
Categories
(Websites :: wiki.mozilla.org, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: mac198442, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:98.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/98.0
Steps to reproduce:
Running Nightly results in using the release branding
This is a documentation bug this is the exact same issue I reported in bug 1751702 but I am not permitted to reopen that bug. This is a documentation issue in order to avoid this bug under Linux/Wayland it is necessary to specify the undocumented -- name option on the command line to launch the browser and have it match the corresponding name= line in the desktop entry. This is not documented anywhere, nor is the existence of a --name CLI parameter documented here https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions
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I just cc'd everyone who either closed the previous bug or suggested I use undocumented features to work around it.
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Comment 4•2 years ago
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(In reply to mac198442 from comment #1)
This is a documentation bug [...] This is not documented anywhere, nor is the existence of a --name CLI parameter documented here
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions
It seems like this should've been moved to Websites :: wiki.mozilla.org rather than closed as a duplicate of a product bug.
Oh and i kind of see perhaps Wayland has some kind of thing where can only display the correct icon if there is a desktop file, but why is it displaying the firefox icon rather than a unknown app icon and why is it changing the application name shown on the topbar form Nightly to firefox? where is it getting that name form that must be coming from something the application is doing.
So I think there is still a product bug but the product gods have already ruled on this.
SO this is closed also? you guys just really are not interested in fixing bugs at all.
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Comment 8•2 years ago
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(In reply to Gingerbread Man from comment #4)
(In reply to mac198442 from comment #1)
This is a documentation bug [...] This is not documented anywhere, nor is the existence of a --name CLI parameter documented here
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptionsIt seems like this should've been moved to Websites :: wiki.mozilla.org rather than closed as a duplicate of a product bug.
Okay we can do that. Seems like Danny Colin is maintaining that page.
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Updated•2 years ago
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Comment 9•2 years ago
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FWIW the --name command argument is not implemented by Firefox, it's implemented by GTK and it is documented in places like: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/7-gtk-options/
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Comment 10•2 years ago
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Well then the page I referenced needs to document that as additional options are doumented here!
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Comment 11•2 years ago
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So a section on platform specific options.
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Comment 12•2 years ago
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Comment 13•2 years ago
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OK but still does not say there is any reason why you should specify a --name that equals a name= in your desktop file.
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Comment 14•2 years ago
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It also does not help that you need to scroll to find the Linux specific CLI parameters.
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Comment 15•2 years ago
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Bsck in the paper days we used to call this below the fold.
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Comment 16•2 years ago
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(In reply to mac198442 from comment #13)
OK but still does not say there is any reason why you should specify a --name that equals a name= in your desktop file.
That is common to all GTK apps unfortunately. Probably should be documented somewhere but not on that wiki page.
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Comment 17•2 years ago
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I totally agree with emilio. I created this page (as a unpaid volunteer) based on information on mozillaZine website and I only added options specific to Firefox on purpose.
However, I'm totally open to add a note like the one emilio just added to refer to any external documentation that could be useful for platform-specific options.
Finally, you're more than welcome to propose changes directly on the wiki page (it's open) or to create a new page specific for Gtk app options and link it to the Firefox Command Line Options.
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