226436 - Firebird won't open when I click on a link from other programs

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Xavier Cross]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7

When I click on a link from other programs such as the gooogle deskbar or to
check my hotmail account, Firebird wont open to display the link. I have it set
as the default browser, yet with it open or closed, if I click on a link from a
different program, nothing happens.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.(Using Google deskbar) Type in search term and click search.
2. When mini viewer opens, click on link.


Actual Results:  
Nothing happens. Window does not open at all.

Expected Results:  
Browser window opens with the expected web page, or a new tab window opens.

Comment 1

[Robert Mohr]

Reporter, does FB open for links from other apps such as TB or from
double-clicking .url files?

Comment 2

[Xavier Cross]

FB opens for a .url file and from an internet shortcut on the desktop, but if I
have a window open already, it just takes over that window, and doesnt create a
new tab window.
When clicking a link from any other program that was on my system before I made
FB my default browser, nothing happing, not even when I right click and choose
open in new window.

Comment 3

[Michael Robinson]

I'm running Firebird and Thunderbird on Fedora Core 1 installed via RPM through
yum.  If I click on a link in the Thunderbird message preview pain nothing
happens.  The link is highlighted by a light dotted line around it but nothing
opens and the page that the link points to doesn't appear.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

worksforme with 20040425 Firefox on winXP. I can launch firebird from links in
Thunderbird, from shortcuts on the desktop, from the windows addressbar, etc.