In case anyone else is like me, and found this design choice unbearable, galeon is a nice alternative. Hitting Ctrl-T opens a blank tab, regardless of whether or not you have a home page set, and the focus is in the URL bar.
-- New tab should have initial focus on the URL bar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/6277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs