Firefox and WB6
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 by Homeboy667 | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I have had this problem since installing WB6, and i think it was happening in wb5 aswell.
My Titlebar and all edges of the window around Firefox are completely transparent... Heres a Screenshot to illustrate my meaning.
It is particularly annoying when trying to minimize/maximize or close firefox. Since as you can see, the buttons are in visible, forcing me to guess where they are and usually missing. Now i have to right click on the bar and hit what i want, which is annoying. This happens with every skin i try, ones made for wb5 and wb6, for vista and xp. I know Firefox and WB dont get along together too well. I have heard of WB not skinning firefox at all, leaving it normal, but i have never heard of it making it completely invisible. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this particular problem and if they found a work around. Or will i just have to add firefox to WB's exclude list? It's a shame because i do hate vista and xp so. Since i have a dual boot. They run ok (That being an overstatement) but they're so damn ugly. Xp didnt try at all, and vista tried way too hard.
Any help i can get on the matter is greatly appreciated.
My Titlebar and all edges of the window around Firefox are completely transparent... Heres a Screenshot to illustrate my meaning.
It is particularly annoying when trying to minimize/maximize or close firefox. Since as you can see, the buttons are in visible, forcing me to guess where they are and usually missing. Now i have to right click on the bar and hit what i want, which is annoying. This happens with every skin i try, ones made for wb5 and wb6, for vista and xp. I know Firefox and WB dont get along together too well. I have heard of WB not skinning firefox at all, leaving it normal, but i have never heard of it making it completely invisible. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this particular problem and if they found a work around. Or will i just have to add firefox to WB's exclude list? It's a shame because i do hate vista and xp so. Since i have a dual boot. They run ok (That being an overstatement) but they're so damn ugly. Xp didnt try at all, and vista tried way too hard.
Any help i can get on the matter is greatly appreciated.
Pugboy
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:45 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:45 PM
That happens to me too. Most of the time, when I open Firefox and something else, and then focus on the other program so Firefox opens in the bg. Just close it, open it agin, and wait until it is done loading before opening something else.
Also, use Alt-F4 to close it, or right click on the title text and chose "Close".
Also, use Alt-F4 to close it, or right click on the title text and chose "Close".
Homeboy667
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:54 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:54 PM
I guess ill just have to exclude firefox then, its a shame to forgo beauty for functionality. But then again isnt that usually they way it works?
May'haps ill try opera, see if that has any skinning problems. I strongly oppose the use of IE by sane and coherent people. Leave it for the crazies
May'haps ill try opera, see if that has any skinning problems. I strongly oppose the use of IE by sane and coherent people. Leave it for the crazies
AnneMarie
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:17 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:17 PM
Hum wierd..
I have NOT had that issue with Firefox ever since I started with WB...
The wierd thing is I Have that Issue with Yahoo Music Engine. I even tried setting up Yahoo Music Engine to be "ignored" by WB and that doesn't work
Try setting Firefox to be "not skinned" or "ignored" in your WB config window..
Anne
I have NOT had that issue with Firefox ever since I started with WB...
The wierd thing is I Have that Issue with Yahoo Music Engine. I even tried setting up Yahoo Music Engine to be "ignored" by WB and that doesn't work
Try setting Firefox to be "not skinned" or "ignored" in your WB config window..
Anne
Homeboy667
Reply #5 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:05 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:05 PM
Well i tried the option that says to hit if the image appears blank. The bad thing is that i wont know for a while if it works. It comes and goes, and right now its fine, i can see it and its skinned. But who knows how long that will last.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:40 PM
In both XP and Vista Firefox skins fine for me. The only problem I have is some dark skins make the toolbar unreadable, but that's it.
So, don't know what is wrong with yours.