[Bug 106314] [edgy] Firefox doesn't support X11/Gnome/KDE session managment

[Eero Tamminen]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Version:
OS:  Ubuntu Edgy
Firefox: 2.0.0.3+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10

Use-case:
1. Start Firefox and go to a bookmarked page
2. From the gnome logout menu choose "Restart"
3. After reboot, log in
4. Start Firefox

Expected outcome:
- Device reboots and after login Firefox is started automatically (like other gnome applications),
  and it opens the tabs/pages that were open when the session ended

Actual outcome:
- After choosing reboot, there's a warning message I need to OK about Firefox not supporting session management
- After login, Firefox doesn't start automatically
- When started, Firefox says that it had crashed and whether I would like to restore its session
This gives pretty unprofessional feel.

Occurs: always

For the previous 5 years I've used SUSE & KDE and Konqueror has always worked just fine with KDE session management.
If I use Epiphany instead of Firefox, that works just fine with (Gnome) session management too.

According to this upstream bug:
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93789
Mozilla seems to have been 6(!) years without this basic usability feature that about all other desktop applications have...

Either fix this bug or choose a default browser that gives less
broken/unprofessional impression on users, please.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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[edgy] Firefox doesn't support X11/Gnome/KDE session managment
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106314
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