On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:05:55 +0000
R Kimber wrote:
> Recently (I can't say exactly when it started), all the Google adverts
> on webpages I browse with Firefox (2.0.0.12 with 7.10) have acquired
> horizontal and vertical scroll bars. They do not have scroll bars in
> Opera, nor in IE with Windows.
>
> Is there a setting somewhere that will enable me to remove this
> 'feature', or does Firefox have a problem rendering Google ads?
It turned out that the problem was caused by mozilla-plugin-gnash
Removing it and re-installing the plugin solved the problem ... for the
moment.
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On Monday 11 February 2008 11:44:03 Michael T wrote:
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> Hello,
> =20
> I originally posted this as a wishlist item on Launchpad, but was advised=
to send it to the appropriate
> mailing list (so I hope that this is it
). Something which slightly a=
nnoys me in Ubuntu (and more
> generally in KDE and Gnome) is the overuse of icons in menus. Most (if n=
ot all) GUI style guidelines
> recommend only using icons in menus where they are instantly recognisable=
to the user, so that they can
> identify the menu entry from the icon faster than they would be able to r=
ead the menu text. See for
> instance
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIG=
uidelines/XHIGMenus/chapter_17_section_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP3000035=
6-TPXREF116. =20
> In other situations, the icon slows the user down, as they will automatic=
ally look at the icon before they
> read the text. If you look at for example the "K" menu in Kubuntu, you w=
ill see that every menu entry,
> including every application listed, has an icon next to it, which to my m=
ind makes it look somewhat
> unprofessional.
> Does anyone else have thoughts on this? I realise of course that in many=
cases this is something that can
> only be fixed upstream, but I wanted to start a discussion somewhere
In my opinion, even if icons make ppl loose [inicially], after they get use=
d to them, it much faster to look for the icon, then to read the all text l=
ines.
> =20
> Regards,
> =20
> Michael
> =20
> BTW, please excuse the messy hotmail formatting - this is my "disposable"=
address for posting to mailing lists and places where the address will be =
publicly visible.
Then I guess you need a gmail account... great formating and it takes very =
well care of all spam, and unwanted emails.
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Firefox question
