Reuse empty tab when opening a link with the browser

Bug #1426407 reported by Niklas Wenzel
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned
webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Let's say you close all tabs before closing the browser. Then you click on a link in another application and the webbrowser app is opened. After that, you end up with two tabs: An empty tab and the tab with the website you opened.
It would be nice if the browser instead reused the empty tab for opening the URL. Having to close empty tabs all the time can be quite annoying.

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in webbrowser-app:
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
status: New → Confirmed
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu RTM):
importance: Undecided → Low
no longer affects: webbrowser-app
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