[ale] Unity focus problem, following link in email

[JD]

No idea, but I would have swapped out Unity for ... er ... anything else.

Don't have that issue with LXDE here. Just tested it. My focus is set to "follow
mouse."  I suppose you've checked the settings for "always on top" in firefox
and thunderbird and whatever Unity uses to manage that?  I know there is a
setting _somewhere_ so windows do not get pulled up unless focus is specifically
requested. sorry, don't know where that is.

Also - which version of Ubuntu?  12.04.4 or something else?

Might be time to move the ~/.mozilla/ directory somewhere else temporarily and
see if the problem persists too.

Or create a new userid and try it there. That should determine if this is a
user-config issue for 1 userid or a system-wide issue.

On 12/18/2013 03:45 PM, PairOfTwins wrote:
> All:
> 
> Lots of searching and still scratching my head.
> 
> I've got an 87 year old running Ubuntu 12.04 for over a year now :-)  It's fully
> updated.
> 
> Lately it developed this problem - she clicks on a link in an email, and nothing
> seems to happen.  ACTUALLY Firefox loads the page but doesn't bring it to the
> front.  Even when I click on the Firefox launcher, it STILL doesn't come to the
> front.  BUT if I click on Home Folder, THEN on Firefox, it comes to the front!
> 
> BTW if I make Chrome the default browser, it acts the same.  If the browser is
> not running, the browser comes to the front and displays the page.  If the
> browser is already running, it loads the page but my 87-year old doesn't know it.
> 
> Clues?
>