I can reproduce this bug. To reproduce: 1. Open gnome-terminal in fully maximized mode. 2. Type in either firefox <Return> or firefox &<Return> 3. Observe how you can see a white screen for a fraction of a second. If you try hard enough, you can also see the title bar that read "Mozilla Firefox". 4. Observe how Firefox is now in the background, behind gnome-terminal.
I never thought of this as a bug. Is it really a problem if firefox flashes for a brief amount of time (just once) before moving to the background? After all this produces no discomfort besides a milliseconds long white screen. Thank you for reporting the bug. ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- screen flicker when opening background windows https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/33879 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs