309207 - [Mac] If no windows are open, and 'Open links from other applications' is 'A new tab in the most recent window', no new window/tab opens.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Chris L]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4

If there are no windows open when 'Open links from other applications' is set to
'A new tab in the most recent window', an app calling on firefox to open a URL
doesn't open a new window and leave nothing. This will cause any app calling
firefox not to open a url.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get something like 'GMail Notifier' or another program that will call on the
default browser to open a URL.
2. Set firefox to the default browser.
3. Set 'Open links from other applications' to 'A new tab in the most recent window'
4. Make the app open a URL with firefox. (in gmail notifier, select 'Inbox' or
something.)
Actual Results:  
Nothing, except firefox had a spinning loading cursor.

Expected Results:  
A new window should have opened instead of firefox trying to make a new tab,
when it can't.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4)
Gecko/20050918 Firefox/1.4.  I have 'Open links from other applications' set to
'A new tab in the most recent window'.

Comment 2

[Chris L]

Woops, it is Applications. I usually put down apps for short. And I forgot the
'the'.

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Chris, is it still a problem for you?

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

No response from reporter.