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Firefox's screen usage is easy to configure. Compare[1] my KDE-themed Firefox and Chrome, for example. [1]: http://jelv.is/browser-screen-usage.png http://jelv

by tikhonj 13y ago

Firefox's screen usage is easy to configure. Compare[1] my KDE-themed Firefox and Chrome, for example. [1]: http://jelv.is/browser-screen-usage.png http://jelv.is/browser-screen-usage.png Extensions require a restart to be installed, perhaps, but that doesn't seem to be a big issue: you only install any given extension once. If you want to install a bunch at the same time, you only need to restart once.

abrowne 13y ago
Are those window controls (close, etc) drawn by kwin or firefox/extension?
- tikhonj 13y ago
  They're drawn by the extension. That said, it's almost impossible to tell.
  - abrowne 13y ago
    Oh, looks fine to me. I use HTitle[1] on Gnome, but that only hides the titlebar in fullscreen... [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/htitle/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/htitle/
Peaker 13y ago
Which extension are you using? I use Mate and found a Gnome extension that was known to be unreliable and indeed did not work... I agree the restart is a minor issue, as is the menu bar showing by default, as is the bookmarks bar being always/never there (rather than the more sensible Chrome behavior), as is the interruption of my workflow when Firefox decides to check for updates when I start it, as is the relative laggy UI, ... But these issues add up to a worse experience. Worse by enough that despite wanting to avoid Chrome, I came back to it :(
- tikhonj 13y ago
  Oxygen KDE[1]. Admittedly, it's not ideal and sometimes lags behind Firefox version changes, but I've been pretty happy with it. [1]: http://oxygenkde.altervista.org/ http://oxygenkde.altervista.org/ There are also some Firefox-specific extensions I can't live without any more, the main one being KeySnail[2] which gives me Emacs-style keyboard shortcuts. [2]: https://github.com/mooz/keysnail https://github.com/mooz/keysnail
derengel 13y ago
I see fonts for web browsing in linux are still horrible.
- ward 13y ago
  That's actually Hacker News being terrible. Their font declaration is just "font-family: Verdana;" so if you don't have Verdana installed (which just about never is installed by default on Linux), it defaults back to the one mentioned in the browser settings (which tends to be a serif font). Hacker News could've made their font declaration have a fallback (like "font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;") and things would look way better by default. As for me, I solved it by editing userContent.css and adding a font-declaration for Hacker News myself. (or you could use something like the Stylish addon) All in all, I'd say it's the fault of website creators.

by tikhonj 13y ago

abrowne 13y ago

Are those window controls (close, etc) drawn by kwin or firefox/extension?

tikhonj 13y ago
They're drawn by the extension. That said, it's almost impossible to tell.
- abrowne 13y ago
  Oh, looks fine to me. I use HTitle[1] on Gnome, but that only hides the titlebar in fullscreen... [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/htitle/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/htitle/

Peaker 13y ago

Which extension are you using? I use Mate and found a Gnome extension that was known to be unreliable and indeed did not work... I agree the restart is a minor issue, as is the menu bar showing by default, as is the bookmarks bar being always/never there (rather than the more sensible Chrome behavior), as is the interruption of my workflow when Firefox decides to check for updates when I start it, as is the relative laggy UI, ... But these issues add up to a worse experience. Worse by enough that despite wanting to avoid Chrome, I came back to it :(

tikhonj 13y ago
Oxygen KDE[1]. Admittedly, it's not ideal and sometimes lags behind Firefox version changes, but I've been pretty happy with it. [1]: http://oxygenkde.altervista.org/ http://oxygenkde.altervista.org/ There are also some Firefox-specific extensions I can't live without any more, the main one being KeySnail[2] which gives me Emacs-style keyboard shortcuts. [2]: https://github.com/mooz/keysnail https://github.com/mooz/keysnail

derengel 13y ago

I see fonts for web browsing in linux are still horrible.

ward 13y ago
That's actually Hacker News being terrible. Their font declaration is just "font-family: Verdana;" so if you don't have Verdana installed (which just about never is installed by default on Linux), it defaults back to the one mentioned in the browser settings (which tends to be a serif font). Hacker News could've made their font declaration have a fallback (like "font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;") and things would look way better by default. As for me, I solved it by editing userContent.css and adding a font-declaration for Hacker News myself. (or you could use something like the Stylish addon) All in all, I'd say it's the fault of website creators.