(In reply to comment #442) > Idea with a webcam fails when a plugin takes whole window (PDF reader for > example) -- user simply has nowhere else to look.
Sounds a bit tragic. For some people it would work. There is a whole world outside the computer screen. :-) > Problem here is that browser keyboard shortcuts (and thus keyboard navigation) > simply do not work in the presence of plugins -- either at all, or as intended > (see related Bug #627315 which I reported recently). > > That problem is easy to solve by not passing reserved key combinations to > plugins, at least those that I listed in Comment #424. > > If some plugins break because of that then let those who use such plugins > report a bug, and then kindly refer them to the web app developer who > mindlessly (ab)used reserved key combination(s) when they wrote their web app. Sounds perfect. This is exactly what the workaround Bug 625809 suggests. I'd expect very few bug reports and many many more happy Firefox users if the problem is turned around like this. -- 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
