Closed Bug 801005 Opened 12 years ago Closed 11 years ago

properly implement opening external links in classic fx

Categories

(Firefox for Metro Graveyard :: Shell, defect)

Product:
Firefox for Metro Graveyard
Component:
Shell
Platform:
x86
Windows 8.1
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: ally, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: feature, qawanted, Whiteboard: [metro-mvp][completed-elm]) 

not sure if bug 797138 is a dupe or a follow up. :jimm?
OS: Mac OS X → Windows 8 Metro
From Asa's feedback in today's Metro UX meeting, the ideal default behavior would be:
* links from Metro apps open in metro Firefox, and
* links from desktop apps open in desktop Firefox.

If for some reason we can't implement that, then we might need a pref for users to choose whether external links open in metro or desktop.
Component: General → Shell
I will add that having a way to target Classic (we get Metro targeting for free by being default Windows browser) should not block v1.
Let's figure out what needs to happen in this bug.
Keywords: qawanted
There's a different bug for adding preferences for IE10 parity about where to open.  But staying in the env of the link click is the default and it's always worked that way.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Whiteboard: [metro-mvp] → [metro-mvp][completed-elm]
OS: Windows 8 Metro → Windows 8.1
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