Few thoughts: 1) I'm quite certain Mozilla had reasons to wait for Adobe/Flash. I'd like to know whether they still stand. Perhaps they don't.
2) I recommended WON'T FIX to Mozilla to actually clear up bug status. It took me a while (and some effort) to actually learn why this bug is NOT being worked upon and what has been done. I'm not tied to Mozilla AT ALL. This means it's my own personal recommendation for Mozilla team IF THEY DECIDE TO STICK WITH WAITING FOR FLASH, which I - again, personally - think is wrong course of action. Still, it's better then current situation, because every person coming here is bound to misunderstand (pointer to comment 403 doesn't help either). 3) Switching to Chrome and about Open Source (OS) - and plug-ins. Chrome is actually quite good browser, though proprietary. Chromium is also good, and it's free (OS, non-proprietary). If you find them to your liking, good for you - and I don't write in a "I don't give a damn" way, it's actually true. OS is open, but it's not free for whoever makes it. And they make mistakes as everybody else. Fixing takes time and effort, these aren't free - and sometimes it's not easy (shouldn't take 12 years, sure, I don't claim otherwise, I think something else is at hand here). It's good to be passionate about web-browser, but honestly - and I don't mean to preach - I don't think announcing how Chrome is better and FF sucks because of this bug will (don't lynch me yet) speed up the fix coming. Not trying to defend anyone here, just showing another view of the situation, which might be broader in some aspects. I am an avid fan of mouseless navigation (avid Vimperator and Pentadactyl user) and this bug has been a pain for such a long time now. I totally understand, how frustrating it is and am far from condemning anyone for being irritated at n-th time losing ability to use this-or-that keystroke. I just think that we may be missing the info on the other side - the plug-in users. They don't come here (obviously, why should they) since they like the way it is. But perhaps it is us, who are in minority. I don't know, but it may be so. 4) Most important. What can help? So, again, if you guys have the info on plug-in usage, some figures about it, or the knowledge about the reasons Mozilla decided to wait for Flash, please share. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435 Title: Firefox cannot close tab (using Ctrl-w) when flash content is selected on page To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/263435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
