266512 - Links from Thunderbird open Home Page

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Daniel Glazman (:glazou) (not active in Mozilla any more)]

This bug was reproduced many many times with Thunderbird 0.8, the default
browser being Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a5)
Gecko/20041027.

HTTP Links clicked in Thunderbird are viewed in that Mozilla.

1. launch Mozilla
2. set up a home page made of a group of tabs (that is important)
3. exit Mozilla
4. launch it again
5. browse one or two pages then click on the Home button; that should open the
   group of tabs you defined above
6. click an HTTP link in a message inside Thunderbird
7. the link is opened in Mozilla and the Home Page group is immediately opened
   after it.

EXPECTED RESULT : the target of the link is shown in Mozilla
ACTUAL RESULT   : Mozilla shows the Home group :-(

That is a _severe_ bug... This version of Mozilla is just no usable with
Thunderbird like that. I did no try to click a link in another app, but that
could trigger the same bug. Si it's even more severe. And it could be a blocker
pour 1.8 IMHO.

Note: I filed this bug in Browser General because I don't know exactly where it
belongs.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Did aviary change the DDE commands they send?  I doubt DDE handling changed on
trunk....

Comment 2

[Doug Wright]

FYI Thunderbird works just fine with Firefox. Both yesterday's aviary builds.

Comment 3

[Daniel Glazman (:glazou) (not active in Mozilla any more)]

Narrowing: happens only with http links. httpS links don't trigger the bug.

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

Bug 266563 seems similiar

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20081226 SeaMonkey/2.0a3pre

(In reply to comment #4)
> Bug 266563 seems similiar

was duped to fixed bug 267313