Allowing popup windows to open in a foreground tab is probably not a good idea, think aggressive advertising and phishing. What we really need is a UI animation when a background tab is being open so that the user knows it happened, and knows where to look for it. This is partially related to bug #1351205.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530376 Title: On desktop, target="_blank" link should open new windows, not background tabs Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In webbrowser-app, when you share a web page using the "share buttons", you get the wrong tab: you remain on the same tab instead being on the new tab. You can reproduce the bug every time, e.g.: 1) open the link http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/space-for-europe-and-for-all-humankind-a-brief-history-of-the-esa/ 2) click on the "social button Twitter" (see attacchment "1") 3) the webbrowser-app opens a new tab, but you remain on the first one (see "2") 4) if you click on the first tab, you refresh it so you can see the page (see "3") 5) if you click on the second tab, you can see the right page, and you can share the link (see "4") Happens with webbrowser-app 0.23+15.10.20150929-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 15.10 desktop and Ubuntu Phone OTA 8.5. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1530376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
