Maybe will be good to change MozillaFirebird -remote "openURL($@ ,new-window)" on MozillaFirebird -remote "openURL($@)" or to add extra key to MozillaFirebird wrapper (with 3 different meaning: ""(empty)/"new-window"/"new-tab"). It's may be second parametr MozillaFirebird http://someurl new.tab I hate new unexpected windows. OTOH I alway can to open new window or tab to open url or press back, if I accidentally open url in current window. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Here you go: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35479
Similar functionality has been added to Firebird/Firefox.