| 2012-01-30 20:47:05 |
Andy Smith |
description |
I restarted Firefox yesterday and my middle mouse button behaviour changed. I had previously changed middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in order that a middle mouse paste would load the URL in the clipboard. When I looked, that had been changed to false.
I changed it back to true, but this change did not persist past a restart of the browser. Searching the web for information about this found nothing related to middlemouse.contentLoadURL, and just a few recommendations to make settings in user.js instead. Irritating, but OK. But that doesn't work either.
Eventually I found /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1/extensions/ubufox@ubuntu.com/defaults/preferences/ubuntu-mods.js
pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); //setting to false disables pasting urls on to the page
I do not understand why this is considered worth overriding in a system file.
This was pointed out to me:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2004-October/000296.html
This may have been less surprising to me if I had been experiencing it since 2004, however I did not experience it until the last upgrade of firefox:
Start-Date: 2012-01-28 20:57:32
Install: xul-ext-ubufox (0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), firefox-locale-en (9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2)
Upgrade: xserver-xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), language-pack-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xserver-xorg-video-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), libicu42 (4.2.1-3, 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1), ubufox (0.9~rc2-0ubuntu2.1, 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), language-pack-gnome-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xutils (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), xserver-xorg-input-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-gnome-support (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), x11-common (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-branding (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), language-pack-en (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), language-pack-gnome-en (10.04+20110930, 10.04+20110931)
End-Date: 2012-01-28 20:58:04
My preference is obviously different to the person asking for this setting to be changed, so I am biased towards it not being done at all. But if it must be done then is it possible to find a less confusing way? |
I restarted Firefox yesterday and my middle mouse button behaviour changed. I had previously changed middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in order that a middle mouse paste would load the URL in the clipboard. When I looked, that had been changed to false.
I changed it back to true, but this change did not persist past a restart of the browser. Searching the web for information about this found nothing related to middlemouse.contentLoadURL, and just a few recommendations to make settings in user.js instead. Irritating, but OK. But that doesn't work either.
Eventually I found /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1/extensions/ubufox@ubuntu.com/defaults/preferences/ubuntu-mods.js
pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); //setting to false disables pasting urls on to the page
I do not understand why this is considered worth overriding in a system file.
This was pointed out to me:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2004-October/000296.html
This may have been less surprising to me if I had been experiencing it since 2004, however I did not experience it until the last upgrade of firefox:
Start-Date: 2012-01-28 20:57:32
Install: xul-ext-ubufox (0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), firefox-locale-en (9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2)
Upgrade: xserver-xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), language-pack-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xserver-xorg-video-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), libicu42 (4.2.1-3, 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1), ubufox (0.9~rc2-0ubuntu2.1, 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), language-pack-gnome-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xutils (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), xserver-xorg-input-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-gnome-support (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), x11-common (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-branding (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), language-pack-en (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), language-pack-gnome-en (10.04+20110930, 10.04+20110931)
End-Date: 2012-01-28 20:58:04
My preference is obviously different to the person asking for this setting to be changed, so I am biased towards it not being done at all. But if it must be done then is it possible to find a less confusing way?
I'm running 10.04.
ii firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-branding 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - transitional
ii firefox-gnome-suppo 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - GNOME support
ii firefox-locale-en 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt English language pack for Firefox
ii ubufox 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.0 transitional dummy package
ii xul-ext-ubufox 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.0 Ubuntu-specific configuration defaults and apt support |
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| 2012-01-30 21:10:49 |
Andy Smith |
description |
I restarted Firefox yesterday and my middle mouse button behaviour changed. I had previously changed middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in order that a middle mouse paste would load the URL in the clipboard. When I looked, that had been changed to false.
I changed it back to true, but this change did not persist past a restart of the browser. Searching the web for information about this found nothing related to middlemouse.contentLoadURL, and just a few recommendations to make settings in user.js instead. Irritating, but OK. But that doesn't work either.
Eventually I found /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1/extensions/ubufox@ubuntu.com/defaults/preferences/ubuntu-mods.js
pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); //setting to false disables pasting urls on to the page
I do not understand why this is considered worth overriding in a system file.
This was pointed out to me:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2004-October/000296.html
This may have been less surprising to me if I had been experiencing it since 2004, however I did not experience it until the last upgrade of firefox:
Start-Date: 2012-01-28 20:57:32
Install: xul-ext-ubufox (0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), firefox-locale-en (9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2)
Upgrade: xserver-xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), language-pack-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xserver-xorg-video-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), libicu42 (4.2.1-3, 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1), ubufox (0.9~rc2-0ubuntu2.1, 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), language-pack-gnome-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xutils (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), xserver-xorg-input-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-gnome-support (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), x11-common (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-branding (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), language-pack-en (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), language-pack-gnome-en (10.04+20110930, 10.04+20110931)
End-Date: 2012-01-28 20:58:04
My preference is obviously different to the person asking for this setting to be changed, so I am biased towards it not being done at all. But if it must be done then is it possible to find a less confusing way?
I'm running 10.04.
ii firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-branding 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - transitional
ii firefox-gnome-suppo 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - GNOME support
ii firefox-locale-en 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt English language pack for Firefox
ii ubufox 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.0 transitional dummy package
ii xul-ext-ubufox 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.0 Ubuntu-specific configuration defaults and apt support |
I restarted Firefox yesterday and my middle mouse button behaviour changed. I had previously changed middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in order that a middle mouse paste would load the URL in the clipboard. When I looked, that had been changed to false.
I changed it back to true, but this change did not persist past a restart of the browser. Searching the web for information about this found nothing related to middlemouse.contentLoadURL, and just a few recommendations to make settings in user.js instead. Irritating, but OK. But that doesn't work either.
Eventually I found /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1/extensions/ubufox@ubuntu.com/defaults/preferences/ubuntu-mods.js
pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); //setting to false disables pasting urls on to the page
I do not understand why this is considered worth overriding in a system file.
This was pointed out to me:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2004-October/000296.html
This may have been less surprising to me if I had been experiencing it since 2004, however I did not experience it until the last upgrade of firefox:
Start-Date: 2012-01-28 20:57:32
Install: xul-ext-ubufox (0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), firefox-locale-en (9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2)
Upgrade: xserver-xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), language-pack-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xserver-xorg-video-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), libicu42 (4.2.1-3, 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1), ubufox (0.9~rc2-0ubuntu2.1, 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.3), language-pack-gnome-en-base (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), xutils (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), xserver-xorg-input-all (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-gnome-support (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), x11-common (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), xorg (7.5+5ubuntu1, 7.5+5ubuntu1.1), firefox-branding (3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2), language-pack-en (10.04+20110204, 10.04+20110931), language-pack-gnome-en (10.04+20110930, 10.04+20110931)
End-Date: 2012-01-28 20:58:04
My preference is obviously different to the person asking for this setting to be changed, so I am biased towards it not being done at all. But if it must be done then is it possible to find a less confusing way?
I'm running 10.04.
ii firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-branding 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - transitional
ii firefox-gnome-suppo 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - GNOME support
ii firefox-locale-en 9.0.1+build1-0ubunt English language pack for Firefox
ii ubufox 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.0 transitional dummy package
ii xul-ext-ubufox 0.9.3-0ubuntu0.10.0 Ubuntu-specific configuration defaults and apt support
Oh, I thought I better add: it's possible this has always been the behaviour in Ubuntu's firefox and I haven't noticed as it's one of the first things I change. What may have changed is Firefox overriding about:config / user.js with the settings from the extension. |
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