Firefox launcher option %u cause of "Starting Firefox Web Browser" button?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 13:06 -0800, Allen Halsey wrote:
> When I launch Firefox from the Applications Menu, there always appears a 2nd
> button on the Window List bar saying "Starting Firefox Web Browser". It
> stays there for about 15 seconds. And the mouse pointer is busy during this
> time.
> 
> This gives me the impression that Firefox starts very slow on Fedora. (F9
> and F10).
> 
> Just now I discovered that if create a new launcher and remove the %u option
> from the command, Firefox starts up immediately!
> 
> Why is the %u launcher option causing this poor user experience?
> 
> Allen
> 
The %u is not needed. I don't know why it is there by default.
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