Maybe it is a problem in the window manager. For Metacity it seems to be the case. Via
http://christopher.aillon.org/blog/dev/gnome/20080303-metacity.html I found http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482354 -- Firefox moves to current desktop when opening a link from an external app https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204927 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs