On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 08:02:47PM -0700, Kevin Buhr wrote: > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Then the mozilla extension installer worked, *but* the new image of > > firefox has a problem that is in its own internal configuration. It > > is most noticeable in the top line of buttons (File Edit View > > ...). When I click on any of these it becomes 'highlighted' by > > changing the backgound from gray to white and the foreground lettering > > from black to white. > > This is a known problem with Firefox 1.0.x's interaction with Debian's > version of the Gnome "Simple" theme. See the Debian bug: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=257430 > > It's fixed in Firefox 1.5 (and the above bug report includes a > backport of the fix), but that's of little help if you want to use the > official Debian package without compiling your own. > > Fortunately, there is a reasonably straightforward workaround. From > your Gnome menu, select "Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> > Themes", and pick just about any theme other than "Simple". "Crux" > and "Default" look about the same as "Simple", and if I recall > correctly neither of them exhibits the problem. > > -- > Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
Wow! Switching to Crux fixed the annoyances and didn't break anything! Thankyou, Kevin. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
