574331 - firefox STILL opens two browser windows when launching from link in other applications

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 531552

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[edgemusic]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4

I know this bug has been reported previously, but it is (surprisingly) STILL here, even after the very recent 3.6.4 update?



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open OSX Mail.app
2. Click on a link within an email
3. Firefox launches and opens TWO windows


Expected Results:  
Firefox should launch with inly ONE window

Comment 1

[edgemusic]

Thanks for a great browser by the way!

Comment 2

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

Does this happen in safe mode? With a new profile?

Comment 3

[edgemusic]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Does this happen in safe mode? With a new profile?

If Firefox is already open when clicking on the external link, this problem does not occur. 

After that, already I'm out of my depth!!

Is there a way to make Firefox launch into safe mode when that launch is triggered via a link from another app rather than by double-clicking the Firefox app itself?

I'm afraid I don't know how to create a new profile without losing my existing one?

Sorry to be so nowhere - I'm a bit of a newbie at the Firefox bug stuff!

Comment 4

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

If you disable all of your extensions do you still see this issue?

Comment 5

[edgemusic]

Yep.

I know tons of people have been experiencing this bug. There's loads of it on the net in forums etc. I'm wondering whether a fix was attempted for 3.6.4, or whether it hasn't been addressed yet.