534192 - Minimizing Firefox does not put it at the end of the Last Recently Used list on windows

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[johshoff]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

On Windows XP, when you minimize a window, it goes to the end of the Last Recently Used / alt-tab ordering.

Firefox does not behave like this

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. (On Windows) Have two or more applications open, in addition to Firefox
2. Minimize Firefox
3. Press alt tab
Actual Results:  
Firefox is restored

Expected Results:  
An application other than Firefox is restored (exactly which depends on how the ordering was in point 1)

Yes, this is nitpicking, but I find myself relying on this behavior.

Comment 1

[mbugsy60]

This BUG has made me pull my hair out in frustration.
I'm not sure what version that started this but it's been annoying the h*ll out of me ever since.

Running on two different machines with swedish winxp sp2 and sp3.

And I don't find this nitpicking at all, I registered here just because of this BUG that I thought was going to be instantly fixed but to my huge surprise remained after updating firefox.

This is not normal window behavior and hopefully this will be fixed soon.

Comment 2

[mbugsy60]

Additionally I'd like to upgrade the severity status of this BUG to major.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 5

[johshoff]

Verified fixed in Firefox 3.6.13, clean install on windows xp.