This is quite difficult to fix properly. The main issue is that in order to not give privileges to about:home, handling mouse clicks on the buttons at the bottom of the page is done by bubbling an event up in to the main browser UI window, but these are only handled when the document URI is "about:home" (likewise, the snippets don't work because the snippet URL is fetched from preferences and injected in to the document from the browser UI when the document URI is "about:home", because the homepage is not allowed access to preferences).
It may be possible to fix this with a lot of code duplication in ubufox. The other alternative is to just implement our own local homepage which we could add the same UI controls to. This is something I've wanted to try for a while, but never got around to (and it's unlikely I ever will now, seeing as I don't work on this or Firefox anymore) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubufox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1195367 Title: Firefox about:home doesn't work right when set with ubuntu-defaults- builder Status in “ubufox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “ubuntu-gnome-default-settings” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I used ubuntu-defaults-builder to attempt to set Firefox's homepage to the default since I think it looks better and is more functional than Ubuntu's about:startpage. However, it's not quite the same. You can verify by entering about:home in the browser address field and then compare with the page you get when you click the Home button in the toolbar. - Search doesn't work - None of the buttons on the bottom of the page (Downloads, History, Settings, etc.) work - The dynamic text under the Google search widget doesn't show up (It's easy to customize your Firefox exactly the way you want it. or Thanks for choosing Firefox! To get the most out of your browser, learn more about the latest features.) I have verified this issue with Saucy's Firefox 22 and 23. See the packaging diff at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-default-settings/13.10.1 And I'll attach the customized distribution.ini. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: firefox 23.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/firefox/distribution/distribution.ini] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-7.15-generic 3.9.7 Uname: Linux 3.9.0-7-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: rachel 17488 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20130626174122 Channel: Unavailable Date: Thu Jun 27 11:38:53 2013 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-14 (13 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130613) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0 proto static 192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.3 metric 9 MarkForUpload: True Plugins: Gnome Shell Integration - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so (gnome-shell) iTunes Application Detector - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so (rhythmbox-mozilla) PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=23.0/20130626174122 RelatedPackageVersions: gnome-shell 3.8.3-2ubuntu1 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.99.1-0ubuntu1 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/1195367/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
