Comments on: Firefox 3.6 Breaks Themes and Personas Coexistence http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/ Computers are hard. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Monimonika http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-281 Monimonika Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:26:33 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-281 Okay, just a quick note. Every time I change my persona to something else, my browser asks me to restart. Don't restart. Instead, go to Themes and reselect your favorite theme (Personas tries to change it to the Default) and the restart message goes away. Okay, just a quick note.

Every time I change my persona to something else, my browser asks me to restart. Don’t restart. Instead, go to Themes and reselect your favorite theme (Personas tries to change it to the Default) and the restart message goes away.

]]> By: Monimonika http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-280 Monimonika Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:09:13 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-280 Hi again. Well, due to a struggle trying to get YouTube to work again, I ended up updating to Firefox 3.6. :-( I tried the hack where I change the max version on the Personas 1.4 add-on xpi and install. It did work (Compact Menu theme works with Personas), but it insisted on trying to update to the latest Personas add-on version (1.5.2?). Well, I fixed that problem by going back into the xpi and changing the version from "1.4" to "1.7". Re-install and... Voila! No more update notifications! :-D Hi again. Well, due to a struggle trying to get YouTube to work again, I ended up updating to Firefox 3.6. :-(

I tried the hack where I change the max version on the Personas 1.4 add-on xpi and install. It did work (Compact Menu theme works with Personas), but it insisted on trying to update to the latest Personas add-on version (1.5.2?). Well, I fixed that problem by going back into the xpi and changing the version from “1.4″ to “1.7″. Re-install and… Voila! No more update notifications! :-D

]]> By: Nick http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-264 Nick Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:30 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-264 It's not really clutter, everything is useful. If you don't like the bookmarks there you can turn them off with 2 clicks. Firefox's rendering engine and security are far superior to IE which mangles web pages and breaks web standards. From a web developer's point of view, I hate dealing with IE, but I'll give Microsoft the recognition that they have fixed A LOT of IE's problems with IE8. It’s not really clutter, everything is useful. If you don’t like the bookmarks there you can turn them off with 2 clicks.
Firefox’s rendering engine and security are far superior to IE which mangles web pages and breaks web standards. From a web developer’s point of view, I hate dealing with IE, but I’ll give Microsoft the recognition that they have fixed A LOT of IE’s problems with IE8.

]]> By: KrAzE http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-259 KrAzE Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:43:36 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-259 Seriously this is what kept me from using firefox as my primary browser back when everyone loved it.. I dont want all that clutter.. 2 bars is almost too much for me. Even in IE I have all the buttons small setting and no words except for the title. Hell, if I could I would turn off this stupid search area I would be a happy man.. despite IE's many flaws. Seriously this is what kept me from using firefox as my primary browser back when everyone loved it.. I dont want all that clutter.. 2 bars is almost too much for me. Even in IE I have all the buttons small setting and no words except for the title.

Hell, if I could I would turn off this stupid search area I would be a happy man.. despite IE’s many flaws.

]]> By: Nick http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-256 Nick Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:52:48 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-256 Woo, that IS compact. Haha, nice work. Woo, that IS compact. Haha, nice work.

]]> By: Monimonika http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-255 Monimonika Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:39:15 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-255 Hi Nick, Yeah, I understand. We like things in our own ways. Thank you for responding. Hope Mozilla will make Personas and Themes compatible again. Until then, I'll stick with the old Firefox until I'm forced to hack around in 3.6. Just to show off, here's a link to what my browser currently looks like: http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7726/onmy1280x800screen.png Hi Nick,

Yeah, I understand. We like things in our own ways. Thank you for responding.

Hope Mozilla will make Personas and Themes compatible again. Until then, I’ll stick with the old Firefox until I’m forced to hack around in 3.6.

Just to show off, here’s a link to what my browser currently looks like:

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7726/onmy1280x800screen.png

]]> By: Nick http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-254 Nick Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-254 Yeah, there is a point for me though where it becomes TOO compact and becomes more of an inconvenience then an advantage. Even not having a status bar bugs me some times. I want the same layout as usual, just smaller, which is what Classic Compact gives me :) Yeah, there is a point for me though where it becomes TOO compact and becomes more of an inconvenience then an advantage. Even not having a status bar bugs me some times. I want the same layout as usual, just smaller, which is what Classic Compact gives me :)

]]> By: Monimonika http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-253 Monimonika Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:53:42 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-253 Oooh! And the experimental Hide Caption addon let's me get rid of the entire Title bar! You can have the title of the window you're in display in the Status Bar (if you have one). It also provides an alternative button for the Min/Max/Close, but I prefer to use the ones in the Toolbar Buttons addon because they take up less vertical space. So, compared to the your 5 rows (including Title Bar), I have only 3 rows (4 if you count the thin Status Bar). I also have a vertical column for more buttons thanks to All-In-One Sidebar. Oooh! And the experimental Hide Caption addon let’s me get rid of the entire Title bar! You can have the title of the window you’re in display in the Status Bar (if you have one).

It also provides an alternative button for the Min/Max/Close, but I prefer to use the ones in the Toolbar Buttons addon because they take up less vertical space.

So, compared to the your 5 rows (including Title Bar), I have only 3 rows (4 if you count the thin Status Bar). I also have a vertical column for more buttons thanks to All-In-One Sidebar.

]]> By: Monimonika http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-252 Monimonika Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:22:17 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-252 I'm also holding off on updating Firefox because of this. However, it seems you can still get the non-default theme and persona to mesh if you use an older version of the Persona addon in Firefox 3.6. Are you using Windows? You can save one whole row of space by moving your Bookmarks Toolbar Items up to the Menu row. I also recommend the Smart Bookmarks Bar addon to shrink those Bookmarks to just their favicons (I use Favicon Picker to individualize the non-folder favicons) while still being able to see their names on mouseover. Saves a ton of space for other stuff. Another addon I appreciate is Menu Editor to consolidate my menus to just the Bookmarks Menu and the Tools Menu (into which all the options I actually use have been moved from the other menus). Another space-saver (if you're using Windows, of course). Even if you're not on Windows, I found that the Toolbar Buttons addon provides button versions of the Menus which you can use in place of the entire Menu bar. I’m also holding off on updating Firefox because of this. However, it seems you can still get the non-default theme and persona to mesh if you use an older version of the Persona addon in Firefox 3.6.

Are you using Windows? You can save one whole row of space by moving your Bookmarks Toolbar Items up to the Menu row.

I also recommend the Smart Bookmarks Bar addon to shrink those Bookmarks to just their favicons (I use Favicon Picker to individualize the non-folder favicons) while still being able to see their names on mouseover. Saves a ton of space for other stuff.

Another addon I appreciate is Menu Editor to consolidate my menus to just the Bookmarks Menu and the Tools Menu (into which all the options I actually use have been moved from the other menus). Another space-saver (if you’re using Windows, of course).

Even if you’re not on Windows, I found that the Toolbar Buttons addon provides button versions of the Menus which you can use in place of the entire Menu bar.

]]> By: Geekilized http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2010/01/firefox-3-6-breaks-themes-and-personas-coexistence/#comment-251 Geekilized Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:28:37 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=599#comment-251 I am really pissed about this too. I hope they fix this soon because I like the personas but I want to keep my Noia 2 Extreme theme. I am really pissed about this too. I hope they fix this soon because I like the personas but I want to keep my Noia 2 Extreme theme.

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