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   Jerry McBride to AZ Nomad   
   Re: firefox versus kde   
   10 Jun 08 18:51:54   
   
   From: jmcbride@mail-on.us   
      
   AZ Nomad wrote:   
      
   > Has any progress been made to integrate firefox with KDE?   
   >   
   > Two behaviors which I really dislike are:   
   >   
   > 1) firefox isn't desktop aware.   The firefox launcher tries to reuse   
   > windows, but if the opened firefox is on another desktop, opening a URL   
   > causes a desktop   
   > switch to where the running firefox window is.  I don't want to randomly   
   > switch desktops when I open a url.   
   >   
      
   Wow. Minor show stopper... You aren't a troll... are you? Why not file a bug   
   report, like you SHOULD be doing rather than crying about it?   
      
   > 2) firefox has drag'n'drop to the desktop, but the created icon, when   
   > launched   
   > don't open anything but a text window with the url inside.  I have to   
   > cut'n'paste that back to the firefox address bar to actually open the   
   > page.   
   >   
      
   What version KDE? Rather than cry about it, file a bug report. You can be a   
   hero... IDIOT!   
      
   > I'm using konqueror more and more, but there are a lot of features of the   
   > firefox gui that I prefer over konq.   
      
   What's the purpose of complaining here then? You can't possibly be a   
   Troll... can you?   
      
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   Jerry McBride (jmcbride@mail-on.us)   
      
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