this is a feature called Focus stealing prevention, google find a good
description at
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-December/msg00306.html
"Focus stealing prevention is active in Metacity. Roughly, it means
that if a window was launched at time A, and the user interacted with
a different window at time B, and B>A, then the launched window will
not be focused when it appears. This allows a user to work with an
application while impatiently waiting for that really slow app
(*cough* OpenOffice *cough*) to show up without being interrupted
mid-thought when it finally does. It also prevents those annoying
Instant Message windows from taking your keystrokes and sending them
to someone when you meant to be typing them into the application
window asking for your root password."
i am going to mark this bug report as rejected, but feel free to reopen it and
argur you case if you dont agree.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: firefox => metacity
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
** Changed in: metacity firefox (Ubuntu)
Binarypackagename: firefox => None
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Firefox windows do not get focus when launched
https://launchpad.net/bugs/41623
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