Firefox 1.0 Question

[madfish]

does any one know how to get rid of that darn personal tool bar? it imported it from moz. and I hate it. and how do I keep the text size the same, everythime FF starts or a new page/tab I have to resize it. I had it set on 150% in IE , the normal size is to small for me to make out even with my glasses on.
Thanks

[ThRoNkA]

edit properties, choose tool bars, uncheck which ones you hate.

[Twinkletoes]

Anyone managed to work out how to get the Reply Pane here at XPC to show at "normal width" with Firefox 1.0 ?

(I find it difficult typing half-width sentences)

[roadtech]

Nope, but I wish someone would.....:(

[Twinkletoes]

Maybe somebody (read Mntsnow!) should whisper sweet nothings in the ears of somebody from vBulletin ?

[Twinkletoes]

Aha ! Bingo ! Check out this (http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=23831) (And then let me know if it works !!!)

The MozillaZine forums really are superb support when you have a problem. Terrific !!!

[Twinkletoes]

Well it was certainly an improvement for me - now I half three-quarter width in the normal Reply Box...

[Twinkletoes]

And just in case Mntsnow reads this, here's the tip for Board Administrators:

To fix it, just go into your vB admin control panel and make sure that the values are the same for Mozilla and IE under Styles -> Modify -> Default -> [fonts/colors/etc..]

[tank]

Good stuff TT !

[roadtech]

ok, call me dum I don't get it??????

[Twinkletoes]

Originally posted by roadtech21224
ok, call me dum I don't get it?????? Let's take it slowly then.

Have you read the Tips and Tricks things in Firefox Support (http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/) ?

Have you installed the ChromEdit extension yet ?
Good place to get that (and loads of other things) is from the Extension Mirror (http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?act=idx).

[Twinkletoes]

Originally posted by tank
Good stuff TT ! Don't thank me - thank the MozillaZine forums !

Have you worked out the best figures to use for the XPC boards yet: is it to change the "420 px" or to change the number of row and columns ???

[Twinkletoes]

For what it's worth, here are a selection of the Firefox extensions which I have installed from the Extension Mirror (http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?act=idx).

Bandwidth Tester
ChromEdit *
Cute Themes *
Dictionary Search
Ext2ABC
Favicon Picker
FoxyTunes *
HashColouredTabs *
QuickNote
Resize Search Bar *
Smiley Xtra
Tab X *
Tabbrowser Preferences *
Titlebar Tweaks
UnDoCloseTab *
View Cookies


Check them out for yourself - I've asteriscked the "best" ones IMO...

I've also changed the colour of the Active Tab using the thing given in the Tips and Tricks - that was a very good move too.

[Twinkletoes]

And for Thunderbird I've got:

ChromeEdit *
FoxyTunes *
TB QuickMove Extension *

(But note that you they are separate different downloads of ChromEdit and FoxyTunes for Thunderbird.)

[Win2Kuser]

I have tried changing the 40 to 50 columns and increased the 420px to 620 px

Nothing has made any difference :(

Would it be because I'm using the Beta Theme???

[roadtech]

Thank's for the linkage TT..........;)

[Win2Kuser]

Alrighty then :D

Now it works - Not sure why it wouldn't before :shrug: It just started now.

I have increased the 420px to 780px it now fills up the entire screen :D

This is running at 1024x768 res, bigger res's will require bigger increments I'd have thought.

Many thanks TT for a great find in the FF forums, and for sharing the info :D

Not I've got to find a use for all that extra space!!!!!!

[Twinkletoes]

SCREEEEEEEAAAAAAAAMMMMMM !!!

Dunno whether to laugh or cry really !!! I spend a good coupla hours sorting out the width problem and then Mike goes and changes the boards !!!

Very nice they are too, but.....Grrrrrrrrrr ! I think we have to put that Firefox setting back to 420px Win2 !!! (For starters....)

[tank]

:lol: :lol:

[Twinkletoes]

:lol: :lol:Don't you sit there laughing Young Man - I've now got the opposite problem ! The Post Reply pane is now TOO BLOODY WIDE !!! The Smilies now go shooting off stage right. It's your turn - you solve that one (deleting the add-in doesn't seem to help...)

Got any useful extensions to recommend btw ? (Anybody)

[Twinkletoes]

Forgot to mention this Firefox extension (primarily for techies):

PrefBar2

[pain_inbutt]

It looks the same to me in IE or firefox. I dont have any problems must be those coke bottle lens glasses you wear TT :lol:

[Twinkletoes]

It looks the same to me in IE or firefox. I dont have any problems must be those coke bottle lens glasses you wear TT :lol:Looks like you're right for once ! I've got the same thing in IE6 as well. I'm running at 800 x 600 res though...trying to save on the coke bottles.

On second thoughts: I think it's the extra-wide wave smiley which is causing all the problems ! NOW IF ONLY MNTSNOW WOULD REPLACE IT WITH A 'NORMAL' SMILEY THINGS MIGHT BE OK.

[pain_inbutt]

Im running 1024x768 screen size maybe thats the differance.

[Win2Kuser]

I also run at 1024x768 res, and they still shoot of the side of the screen - that is in IE as well as FF...

TT is right (I hate saying that:)), it's the Mexican Wave smillie that is doing it...

[brian0555]

which smiley page are you talking about.. In the advanced reply box, and to the right of the text input cell?

[Twinkletoes]

which smiley page are you talking about.. In the advanced reply box, and to the right of the text input cell?Hi Brian - the one I get on the right when I select "Quote Reply" and "Post Reply".

I've just made a post with some additional info here:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=140271#post140271

And I've tried the tweaks Win2 has suggested in WWW!!!

And to repeat, I have no problem with my current settings (whatever they are) on the TIMO vB boards....

[n7vxj]

O.K., I'm stumped!! Using Firefox 1.0 the views column was overrun by the poll box, and the rest of the boxes on the right side of the homepage.I downloaded, and installed FF 1.0.1, and now everything is as it should be.I don't know if Mntsnow did some adjusting, or if it was something in 1.0, that was corrected 1.0.1. :confused:

[mickwish]

Which theme, what resolution desktop, Dan? Works perfectly here (Firefox 1.0), using vbportal demo and 1024 x 768.

Cheers
Mick

[n7vxj]

Using the demo theme at 800 x 600.Now it's back to doing it again!! Dang, it sure would be nice to figure out what causes it, so I can fix it, once, and for all!!!

[mickwish]

OK, posting this from one of my cows at 800 x 600, Firefox 1.0 and winXP and I can't see what you are referring to. Using vbportal demo theme.

Exactly what bits look weird? Looks fine to me...

Cheers
Mick

[Twinkletoes]

Using the demo theme at 800 x 600.Now it's back to doing it again!! Dang, it sure would be nice to figure out what causes it, so I can fix it, once, and for all!!!

And if you do figure it out, a nice helpful guy like you will surely post the solution here, for the rest of us to read, right?

[n7vxj]

TT, are you having the same problem???Yes, if I ever figure it out, I will post it here!!

Mick, on the XPC Homepage, the center section," Active Threads In Forums" has several different columns, the last being,"Views".To the right side of the page is several boxes, the first being ,"Polls", and under that one, is "Recent Content" Those 2 boxes cut off the "Views" section of the main center box, and I'm trying to figure out to fix it.FYI, running w2k on this box.

[Twinkletoes]

TT, are you having the same problem??? I'm having problems with Firefox and the vB boards here, but not the vB boards at TIMO (which are the same 'version' so far as I can see). I also chanced on a couple of other vB boards out on the wide wicked net which were OK.

My problem is not the same as yours (mine's with Reply Boxes and that blinking police car in the smilies!!!). But it seems there is a vB(a-la-XPC) -Firefox issue. Win2K managed to solve it by tweaking - his tweaks don't work for me at 800x600....

[mickwish]

Just checked the cow with 800 x 600 and Firefox 1.0, and the home page looks fine, I can see the views column and it looks normal. So it's not just Firefox, it must be something else as well. Using XP Pro. I'll fire up win2k Pro and see if it does it...

Cheers
Mick

[n7vxj]

Mick, just went to 1024 x 768 and it doesn't do it, but everything is so small I have a heck of a time seeing it.

[brian0555]

My problem is not the same as yours (mine's with Reply Boxes and that blinking police car in the smilies!!!). But it seems there is a vB(a-la-XPC) -Firefox issue. Win2K managed to solve it by tweaking - his tweaks don't work for me at 800x600....


I see exactly what your talking about TT. I can disable the icon chooser section, which does fix the width. If you'd like to do without the auto insert for smilies heres a tweak for chromedit:

#smiliebox{display:none ! important;}

[Twinkletoes]

I see exactly what your talking about TT. I can disable the icon chooser section, which does fix the width. If you'd like to do without the auto insert for smilies heres a tweak for chromedit:

#smiliebox{display:none ! important;} LOL. It's not often someone says that. Win2K had the same problem at 1024 res, but was able to fix it.

How do you disable the "icon chooser section" - or is that what you mean by the "auto insert for smilies"?

Thanks for the tweak - but I want the auto insert on other boards...!

Something vaguely related: why does almost every line of code I have put in the chromuser files include "! important" ????

[mickwish]

why does almost every line of code I have put in the chromuser files include "! important" ????Perhaps because it's important? :P

Still no issues for me at any res on Firefox. I must be immune or something. Maybe it's something in the water Down Here? :D

Cheers
Mick

[Twinkletoes]

...Still no issues for me at any res on Firefox. I must be immune or something. Maybe it's something in the water Down Here?Or maybe you don't see too well? :ROF:

(Any similarity with viewpoints stated or implied - implicitly or explicitly - in other ongoing threads in this forum shall be deemed to be entirely coincidental) :ROF:

[mickwish]

Hey TT... in the words of VV....

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

Cheers
Mick

[brian0555]

yup, it's just telling the browser to use that code instead of the webpages code. Sort of a priority command .

[Twinkletoes]

Hey TT... in the words of VV....

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

Cheers
MickWell I felt I had to reply something to show willing. I toyed with asking you if you had your computer in water, or pointing out that we were talking about Firefox not Waterrat - and they seemed pretty pathetic too.