Version: 0.4.90 (using Devel) OS: Linux When already having an open instance of rekonq, and then triggering loading of a page from an external program, such as xdg-open (which ultimately execs kfmclient), the page is opened in a new tab in he existing instance of rekonq, *but* I also get launch feedback. This means that the cursor starts bouncing and a new taskbar entry with "rekonq" and busy icon appears for 30 seconds or so. Instead, the page should be opened in the existing instance, and the existing taskbar entry should be highlighted/alerted and possibly the window brought to front. No launch feedback should be triggered. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start an instance of rekonq 2. kfmclient exec http://google.com Actual Results: The page is opened in the existing instance, but I also get a new taskbar entry and a bouncy cursor Expected Results: The page should be opened in the existing instance, as it is now, but then the taskbar entry should be alerted/highlighted and no launch feedback should be triggered OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.34-rc6-61527-ga7c5427 Compiler: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
Don't know why you say so, But I tried setting konqueror & firefox as default browser and they have the same rekonq behavior. Is this different in your box?
Just tried it again, it is indeed broken in all browsers *except* konqueror. Never noticed that, because Konq is my default browser usually, and only when I tried switching that to rekonq, I noticed it was broken. The difference between Konqueror and rekonq (and others) is, that having it as default and using kfmclient or xdg-open to open an URL, the busy cursor keeps bouncing for half a minute and a bogus taskbar entry is shown with rekonq (even though the page is opened in the existing instance as it should be!), whereas with Konqueror, the busy cursor goes away immediately as well as the superfluous taskbar entry that's only visible for a splitsecond.
We did it the right way. If there is a bug here, it is in the management of desktop entries for KUniqueApplications..