221573 - Openning new web page from external program causes mozilla to open in new window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 75138

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Philip Pierce]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925

In Mozilla 1.4 and prior, when I would open a webpage through Outlook or by
double-clicking a link on my desktop, Mozilla would load that page in the last
accessed browser and tab if Mozilla was already open.

Mozilla 1.5 opens the page in a new Mozilla window. This creates taskbar
clutter, and goes against the principle of have tabbed browsing.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Outlook email with a link for a webpage.
2. Click link to open in Mozilla.
3. Mozilla will always create a new windowed instance of the browser for loading
the page, instead of loading the page in the last accessed browser and tab.



Expected Results:  
Mozilla should stay with the 1.4 and prior actions, which is to load the link in
the last used browser and tab in Mozilla.

Comment 1

[Torben]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75138 ***