293602 - unable to open new windows

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[poe.ette.ess]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

I try to open a new window, the computer says it's done, but the new window
doesn't open up at all.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. right click on link
2. click on open link in new window
3. wait and have it not work

Actual Results:  
the computer thought but did not complete the task that was asked

Expected Results:  
opened a new window up

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug is not security-sensitive.

Gerv

Comment 2

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Nor is there any way to know what to fix, unfortunately I have to close the bug.
I recommend you contact the user groups listed at
http://www.mozilla.org/support/#community for help resolving the problem or
narrowing this down to something that can be diagnosed and fixed.

Comment 3

[John Jablonski]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Nor is there any way to know what to fix, unfortunately I have to close the bug.
> I recommend you contact the user groups listed at
> http://www.mozilla.org/support/#community for help resolving the problem or
> narrowing this down to something that can be diagnosed and fixed.

Out of curiosity, what additional information would you need in order to know
what to fix?

This is a highly annoying bug, as not only will Firefox not RMB open new
windows, but new windows are NEVER opened. Even when you have clicked a button
to open one up. If there's no RMB->Open in new tab option you're screwed.

This bug first popped up (no pun intended) in 1.0.3, and is HIGHLY annoying.

I am considering going back to 1.0.2, and can NOT recommend 1.0.4 to any new
users, as this bug removes a fair amount of functionality.

I'm more than willing to help provide some additional info, but need to know
what you need.

-john