248443 - Desktop Icon should be inserted into Namespace instead of creating a Shortcut

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 264889

(Firefox :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[Prasenjeet Dutta]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Superstarfish/0.9 (Firefox/0.9)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Superstarfish/0.9 (Firefox/0.9)

Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, etc insert an icon into the Desktop
Namespace (HKLM\...\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace) instead of creating a shortcut
on the desktop. IMO so should Firefox, because icons in the desktop namespace
are more prominent (they have no shortcut overlay) and easier to locate since
they are not subject to the "Arrange Icons" command or the Windows XP Desktop
Cleanup wizard.

Though this bug is filed only for Windows XP, it is valid for all supported
Windows flavours.

Additional Windows XP Considerations: the XP HIG asks apps to not use desktop
shortcuts and use the enhanced Start Menu instead. However, note that XP's IE
*still* inserts itself into the Desktop Namespace, but remains hidden until
"Show Desktop Icons" is chosen. I feel Firefox should do the same - users who
*like* seeing desktop icons should get a Namespace icon instead of a shortcut.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Prasenjeet Dutta]

Attachment: Inserting a Desktop Namespace Icon - example registry entries

I am adding an example and notes about inserting a desktop namespace icon.

Comment 2

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Duping forward to the active Desktop Namespace bug

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 264889 ***