312420 - Click on a URL in Thunderbird and it doesn't invoke Firefox - need to open Firefox first, then click

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Dave Larky]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7

When I click on a URL in a Thunderbird message, it does NOT invoke Firefox, and
then bring up the page for that URL.  Earlier version did.  Instead I have to
click on (invoke) Firefox first, and then click on the URL.  Once Firefox is
open all is OK.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click on any URL in a Thunderbird message, when Firefox is not open.
2.Nothing happens.
3.Open Firefox first, then click on any URL and the correct page shows.

Actual Results:  
Click on the URL in Thuderbird and it doesn't invoke Firefox.

Expected Results:  
When Firefox is not open, and I click on a URL in Thunderbird, it should invoke
Firefox and show the correct page.  Instead Firefox is not invoked.  In Ver 1.05
and earlier versions this worked OK.  Default theme.

Build platform
target
powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
cc 	gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666) 	-Wall -W
-Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wno-long-long
-I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.2.8.sdk/usr/include -fpascal-strings -no-cpp-precomp
-fno-common -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.2.8.sdk/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -pipe
c++ 	gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666) 	-fno-rtti
-fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align
-Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor
-Wno-long-long -I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.2.8.sdk/usr/include -fpascal-strings
-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -fshort-wchar
-I/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.2.8.sdk/Developer/Headers/FlatCarbon -pipe

Configure arguments
--disable-ldap --disable-mailnews
--enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,transformiix,universalchardet,webservices,inspector,gnomevfs,negotiateauth
--enable-crypto --disable-composer --enable-single-profile
--disable-profilesharing '--enable-optimize=-O2 -g' --disable-debug
--disable-tests --enable-official-branding --enable-static --disable-shared
--enable-prebinding --with-macos-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.2.8.sdk

Comment 1

[Mark Charlebois]

I see the same behavior on Linux

Comment 2

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Chris Blore]

WORKSFORME in Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.9a7pre) Gecko/2007072523 Minefield/3.0a7pre

There has been no more recent activity on this bug and it has not been able to be reproduced in more recent Firefox builds.

-> WORKSFORME

Reporter, if you are still experiencing this bug with the latest Firefox build, please feel free to reopen the bug, thanks