I'm not sure Firefox had the option at the time this bug was active, but
you can now set items from external processes to open either in new tabs
or new windows, and Firefox pops up on a new tab as well. So I'm marking
this as fixed.
** Changed in: checkgmail (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => F
Note that gmail-notify, Gaim's about dialog, revelation password
manager, Gnome's panel launchers, and many other applications have this
same issue.
Opening tabs in a (forced) new window isn't exactly the best behavior if
the user prefers new tabs. However, focusing the Firefox window that
opened
Yes this can be annoying, I had gotten used to looking at the tray icon,
as it will usually display the page it is currently on.
When I click gmail, it says "Welcome to Gmail" in the tray. I can
confirm that Firefox does not in fact open in a new window, but does
open in a new tab instead, so if F
