289931 - "a new tab in the most recent window" option prevents installing downloaded extensions

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[mchintomby]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

Tabbed browsing is great feature that eases browsing multiple website or pages
without cluttering up your taskbar.  However enabling "a new tab in the most
recent window" tab-browsing option prevents installing of saved extensions.
 
Note that this only happens when Firefox is already running.  If Firefox is not
running, double-clicking on the XPI prompts the user for installation.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Firefox and enable the "a new tab in the most recent window" option via
the Tools->Options->Advanced->Tabbed Browsing->"Open Links from other
applications in" menus.

2. Download and save a Firefox extension (, ex.
http://downloads.mozdev.org/livehttpheaders/livehttpheaders.xpi
) to your harddrive. This can be done by right-clicking on most XPI's link and
selecting "Save Link As..."

3. Once the extension has been saved, use Windows explorer to navigate to that
directory and double-click on the extension.
Actual Results:  
Firefox will open a new "blank" tab but will not prompt the user to install the
extension.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should prompt the user to install the extension without opening a new tab.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs,
filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change