Launchpad has imported 6 comments from the remote bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539426.
If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2010-01-13T14:14:58+00:00 Otto Kekäläinen wrote: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fi; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) Build Identifier: Gecko/20100106 Ubuntu/9.10 Firefox/3.5.7 The Mozilla/Firefox print dialog does not seem to work like the print dialog in other Gnome applications: Example: 1. In Firefox, the default file type is PostScript, while in Gedit it is PDF. (this bug report) 2. In Firefox the default file name is empty ".ps", while in Gedit it is "print.pdf". (bug #485067) 3. In Firefox, the print dialog does not remember any settings unlike the dialog in Gedit. If you for example choose in the Firefox dialog to make a two-sided print, nothing of it is left when you restart Firefox. In Gedit every change to any optio is saved - if you once choose to e.g. make a two-sided print, all prints will be two-sided until the option is changed again. 4. The file dialog does not remember the folder last used (bug #454003) In my opinion Firefox should implement the print dialog in the same way as other Gnome/GTK apps do. The behaviour of e.g. Gedit is more correct and closer to the principles for example described in the Gnome User Interface Guidelines. Also I read the original Netscape's philosophy was "keep each dialog in the same state where it was last time". Please make PDF the default file type or allow the dialog to remember the file type selected earlier. I think PDF is a good default since it is a more common format than PostScript (I know that PDF includes PS, but from the regular users point of view they are not the same). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. On newest Ubuntu, open a page with Firefox 2. Choose File > Print 3. Choose Print to File Actual Results: Post Script is selected by default. For most users, it is really annoying. Since there is no way currently for the user to save a better default, they need to manually change the file type each time.. Expected Results: PDF would be a more sensible and user friendly default. The bug 485067 is closely related, but not duplicate. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/comments/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2011-05-25T17:20:22+00:00 Vseerror wrote: reporter, does this still fail when using Firefox 5 *beta* http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/channel/ or Firefox 4? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/comments/9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2011-05-25T17:33:55+00:00 Otto Kekäläinen wrote: Yes, this is still present. I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04 with Firefox 4. Amazing that I'm the only one bothered by this. Does not anybody else print web pages as PDF files..? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/comments/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2011-05-25T17:50:13+00:00 Vseerror wrote: Otto, do any of these issues match up to yours ... https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?type1-0-0=substring&list_id=341672&field0-0-0=short_desc&type0-0-1=substring&field0-0-1=keywords&type1-0-1=allwordssubstr&resolution=---&classification=Client%20Software&classification=Components&op_sys=Linux&query_format=advanced&longdesc=pdf&type0-0-0=anywordssubstr&component=Printing%3A%20Output&component=Printing%3A%20Setup&field1-0-0=short_desc&longdesc_type=allwordssubstr&product=Core&field1-0-1=short_desc Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/comments/11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2011-05-25T18:04:04+00:00 Otto Kekäläinen wrote: Actually, now when I read up on this I can remember the history. While using Ubuntu 9.10 and Firefox 3.x the printing dialog was fine, but then in Ubuntu 10.04 and Firefox 3.6 it got broken. I originally found a bug report about it and commented it at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485067#c17 As I was asked to file new bug reports for the related notices I made, I filed this bug report and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539427 Personally I though think they are all related to the same Firefox or GTK regression introduced in Ubuntu 10.04. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/comments/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2011-05-25T18:05:07+00:00 Otto Kekäläinen wrote: Oh and I almost forgot: yes, I looked through the list and did not find any new issues related to his. Bug 485067 is the main one and it seems to have several duplicates filed. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/comments/13 ** Changed in: firefox Status: Unknown => New ** Changed in: firefox Importance: Unknown => Low ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #485067 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485067 ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #539427 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539427 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684376 Title: Change 'Print to File' default to PDF Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: New Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I use the 'Print to File' option a lot. Almost all the time, I choose PDF as the file format for this purpose. I think this would be the case for a majority of the users too. Hence, I think the file format chosen by default in the 'Print to File' dialog should be PDF instead of PS. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp