849690 - Adding a Switch to Metro feature to Desktop Firefox

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 924914

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Kamil Jozwiak [:kjozwiak]]

Think it would be a good idea to add a "Switch to Metro/Switch to Desktop" feature similar to the one that is currently available in Chrome. If a user was using the Metro browser, he could switch into Desktop mode and vice versa.

Actual Behavior:
- Feature currently doesn't exist

Expected Behavior:
- User in Metro mode could switch over to Desktop by selecting "Switch to Desktop" mode
- User in Desktop mode could switch over to Metro by selecting "Switch to Metro" mode

Comment 1

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

Remaining is just the switch to Metro feature.

Comment 2

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

In Chrome this feature is also persistent across launches; it affects which UI is launched when you use the Windows Start tile.  Very handy.

Comment 3

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

With all the keyboard detaching / reattaching win8 devices I can see people wanting to switch back and forth for a better experience depending on what they are currently using as their primary input means.

I think the behavior mentioned in comment 2 should be controlled by a pref (re: bug 771176).

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Not for v1. Maybe for v2.

Comment 6

[Gabriel]

A lot of people I have spoken with ask for the ability to send single pages or an entire session over to Metro.

Like  Brian R. Bondy's insightful comment:
"With all the keyboard detaching / reattaching win8 devices I can see people wanting to switch back and forth for a better experience depending on what they are currently using as their primary input means."

To be most efficient, that could call for maybe even a Nav-Bar button to switch over a session or a single page.