Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-07-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/07/15 17:12, Ed Greshko wrote: Yes, but the problem does appear to have existed when xfce version was changed. Anyway, I think you are not alone. Besides, every window manager has some feature that isn't to the liking of some user. Yes I realize that, and as I have said I will just acc

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-07-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/02/15 04:38, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > > On 01/07/15 02:00, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 07/01/15 05:31, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>> The only changes I made other than that were to get a high contrast theme, >>> larger fonts, switch the screen saver to blank an

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-07-01 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 01/07/15 02:00, Ed Greshko wrote: On 07/01/15 05:31, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: The only changes I made other than that were to get a high contrast theme, larger fonts, switch the screen saver to blank and killed the lock function. Your issue is related to changing the theme

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-30 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/01/15 05:31, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > The only changes I made other than that were to get a high contrast theme, > larger fonts, switch the screen saver to blank and killed the lock function. Your issue is related to changing the theme. If I use the default theme of Fed

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-30 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/06/15 17:33, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/30/15 00:12, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: My systems are always configured to look the same from version to version as much as possible. I pretty much keep making the same "changes" based on my notes and a lot of saved files. I don't rec

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/30/15 00:12, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > Yes, I understand this. My systems are always configured to look the same > from version to version as much as possible. I pretty much keep making the > same "changes" based on my notes and a lot of saved files. I don't recall > when

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 06/29/2015 12:12 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > I just booted Fedora 21 on the other computer and started Firefox > 38.0.5 and Thunderbird 37.0.1, clicking on the same URL in t-bird does > not produce any sort of notification in Thunderbird. It occurs to me > that F-21 has not be

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/06/15 10:47, Ed Greshko wrote: Google-Plus is simply the name of the folder the messages are in as opposed to "Inbox". This is 100% standard Fedora install. > >Whatever, as is often the case, my problem is unique. No one else has complained or acknowledged it. You gave it a good shot,

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/15 22:22, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > > On 29/06/15 08:40, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> Don't know what else I am doing differently but I don't think I'm doing >>> anything that I would expect to cause it. >> No blinking... >> >> The cursor isn't picked up very well in this VBox

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 06/29/2015 10:22 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > But what is "Google-Plus-Mozilla Thunderbird? It may not be identical > to Thunderbird 38.0.1 installed via dnf ... that looks to be his email "account name"... nothing special.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/06/15 08:40, Ed Greshko wrote: Don't know what else I am doing differently but I don't think I'm doing anything that I would expect to cause it. No blinking... The cursor isn't picked up very well in this VBox video. I'd have to play with the settings a bit. But here is what I see.

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/15 19:39, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > Yes, it seems to me the most convenient way for it to work. You should be > seeing the blinking browser notification? I have it on two F-22 computers, > this one began as a fresh beta install, the other a fresh install after final > r

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/06/15 06:45, Ed Greshko wrote: OK, I tried something a bit "different" I have the settings you've described. I also have 4 workspaces defined. I have T-bird started in WS1 and FF started in WS4. When I click on a link in T-bird the link is opened in FF but I'm not switched to WS4 an

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/15 17:53, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > Yes, from my notes: > > To prevent Firefox from stealing Thunderbird focus when clicking on a link in > an e-mail: > > XFCE Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Focus > Honor standard ICCCM focus hint Leave this checked. > Then check "Do

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/06/15 05:33, Ed Greshko wrote: So, you want to click on a URL in T-Bird but not go directly to Firefox? I guess you want to click on multiple URL's, have it open tabs in Firefox, and go to Firefox later? FWIW, I have gone to XFCE Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Focus and checked "Do

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/15 17:19, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > I don't want to be disturbed with Firefox popping up when I click on an URL > in Thunderbird, I go to the Firefox window when I am done reading. So in XFCE > Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Focus I check "Do nothing." Have been > d

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/06/15 05:03, Ed Greshko wrote: >https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef9z8k5vgdl28kg/foo.ogv?dl=0 > >That shows the blinker as it popped up in t-bird after clicking on the URL. It was still there when I made the copy in a terminal. It plays just fine. In an F22 VM I installed xfce on a system

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/29/15 16:29, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > I already have a Dropbox account, haven't thought about it in a long time. > If I've done it correctly there should be a video clip of the blinking > browser notice at: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef9z8k5vgdl28kg/foo.ogv?dl=0 > > Th

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread g
On 06/29/2015 03:29 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: <> > I already have a Dropbox account, haven't thought about it in a long > time. If I've done it correctly there should be a video clip of the > blinking browser notice at: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef9z8k5vgdl28kg/foo.ogv?

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 28/06/15 12:08, Ronal B Morse wrote: On 06/28/2015 09:27 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 28/06/15 11:08, Ed Greshko wrote: Then you have services such ashttp://postimage.org/ Plenty others, I am sure. . No doubt but I haven't found one. It's small video clip, best way

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 28/06/15 18:50, Paul Cartwright wrote: >Does anyone know how to eliminate it or at the least stop the stupid >blinking? Google hasn't helped me ... try to use either the guest login, or create a new login & start thunderbird with NO add-ons, to see if the problem is in your configuration...

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 06/27/2015 11:24 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > This is Fedora 22, 64 bit, XFCE, etc. with Thunderbird 38.0.1 > > When I click on a URL in an e-mail message it immediately starts a > blinking browser notice at the top left. I know, I've just selected a > URL and don't need that a

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Ronal B Morse
On 06/28/2015 09:27 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 28/06/15 11:08, Ed Greshko wrote: Then you have services such ashttp://postimage.org/ Plenty others, I am sure. . No doubt but I haven't found one. It's small video clip, best way to demonstrate the problem. I may be able t

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 28/06/15 11:08, Ed Greshko wrote: Then you have services such ashttp://postimage.org/ Plenty others, I am sure. . No doubt but I haven't found one. It's small video clip, best way to demonstrate the problem. I may be able to reduce it later ... [bobg@box10 ~]$ ll /home/bobg/Desktop//fo

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/28/15 23:03, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > > On 28/06/15 05:54, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> >I believe my Thunderbird is typical, installed via yum/dnf by me, except >>> >for "Configdate, Newscrollbars, and ToneQuilla" add-ons, none of those >>> >seem like they should affect the no

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 28/06/15 05:54, Ed Greshko wrote: >I believe my Thunderbird is typical, installed via yum/dnf by me, except for "Configdate, Newscrollbars, and ToneQuilla" add-ons, none of those seem like they should affect the notification I am seeing. > >It's annoying, but everything still works, I gues

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/28/15 17:48, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > > On 28/06/15 05:23, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 06/28/15 16:16, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>> >Yes I could, or perhaps I could change to a different e-mail application, >>> >but that's not what I want. Someone has added an

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 28/06/15 05:23, Ed Greshko wrote: On 06/28/15 16:16, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >Yes I could, or perhaps I could change to a different e-mail application, but that's not what I want. Someone has added another useless "feature" and is forcing me to use it. >There must be a wa

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/28/15 16:16, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > Yes I could, or perhaps I could change to a different e-mail application, but > that's not what I want. Someone has added another useless "feature" and is > forcing me to use it. > There must be a way to turn it off? I vaguely recall

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/06/15 21:24, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 06/27/2015 05:19 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > >Firefox 38.0.5 but I didn't think that mattered? Apparently you are >not seeing the same notification. I don't let the browser pop-up when >I click on a URL, I prefer to select the bro

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-27 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 06/27/2015 05:19 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > Firefox 38.0.5 but I didn't think that mattered? Apparently you are > not seeing the same notification. I don't let the browser pop-up when > I click on a URL, I prefer to select the browser afterward to view the > web page, whate

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 27/06/15 16:57, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 06/27/2015 11:24 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: This is Fedora 22, 64 bit, XFCE, etc. with Thunderbird 38.0.1 When I click on a URL in an e-mail message it immediately starts a blinking browser notice at the top left. I know, I've jus

Re: Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-27 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 06/27/2015 11:24 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > This is Fedora 22, 64 bit, XFCE, etc. with Thunderbird 38.0.1 > > When I click on a URL in an e-mail message it immediately starts a > blinking browser notice at the top left. I know, I've just selected a > URL and don't need that

Thunderbird blinking browser notice -

2015-06-27 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
This is Fedora 22, 64 bit, XFCE, etc. with Thunderbird 38.0.1 When I click on a URL in an e-mail message it immediately starts a blinking browser notice at the top left. I know, I've just selected a URL and don't need that annoying/distracting box. It's as though I am being implored to go lo