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[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => firefox (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Improve usability for firefox on unity

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The fact that unity pushes me always(!) to the existing firefox window if i hit the firefox icon is a usability nightmare.
  I often group windows on a certain desktop for a certain task - therefore it would be great to have the possibility to raise
  a new window.

  The following changes improve the situation - in my opinion this should be the default:
  ----
  cat /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop > ~/.local/share/applications/firefox.desktop
  cd ~/.local/share/applications/
  patch -p0 <<EOF
  --- firefox.desktop.orig  2011-10-08 10:56:11.000000000 +0200
  +++ firefox.desktop   2011-11-01 06:43:34.844685893 +0100
  @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
   MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg+;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;
   StartupWMClass=Firefox
   StartupNotify=true
  -X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;
  +X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;Private;Safe;ProfileManager;
  +TargetEnvironment=Unity

   [NewWindow Shortcut Group]
   Name=Open a New Window
  @@ -154,3 +155,18 @@
   Name[zh_TW]=開啟新視窗
   Exec=firefox -new-window about:blank
   TargetEnvironment=Unity
  +
  +[Private Shortcut Group]
  +Name=Private Mode
  +Exec=firefox -private-toggle
  +TargetEnvironment=Unity
  +
  +[Safe Shortcut Group]
  +Name=Safe Mode
  +Exec=firefox -safe-mode
  +TargetEnvironment=Unity
  +
  +[ProfileManager Shortcut Group]
  +Name=Start Profile Manager
  +Exec=firefox -ProfileManager
  +
  EOF
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