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guenter
The profiles can be used for cutom jobs. I use customized complete installs instead. HDD space has become cheep.
I still don't understand why you would ever need separate installations or profiles for one person, but I guess I don't need that functionality anyway.
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guenter
tete009 offers a finished build. VC8 Express by MS is available for free and sufficient. But he uses at least one custom include that he did not publish.
So I did not manage to rebuild his version with VC8 either.
Thanks for this information! I didn't know any edition of VC was available for free — I'm sure it'll come in handy sometime.
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The same here (I agree with Moonchild) though I do only have 15-19' displays.
The current layouts of Firefox and Google Chrome do not suit me. K-Meleon is
one of the last browsers where I can change the interface to my own wishes.
Unfortunately, K-Meleon and PaleMoon are the
only Web browsers that are actually customizable anymore, AFAIK, at least for Windows!
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I also do not like their checking and auto updating addons and core. For the addons not anymore since the check for addons compatibility after a browser update consumes time and sometimes deactivates addons I want in this version and not updated ones.
I don't always mind automatic stuff... as long as I have the option to turn it off!
My personal layout rationale is slightly different than theirs, but is very much based upon user interface convention, user experience, affordance, expectation, and efficiency, as theirs is.
To me, this layout is of the almost basic kind: The title bar is at the top (with window managing buttons only!), menu bar below it, the address bar just above the content, and the status bar at the bottom. The only possible "extra" feature here is the toolbar, which always comes just below the menu bar.
This is congruent with how just about all Windows programs look, and identical to Windows Explorer.
In my setup, I have just added some things that make things easier for me:
The links bar, which is really just another tool bar, so it goes beneath the standard one for easy access, and
the tab bar, which I think should be right next to the page if you are using it.
It makes sense especially in other browsers where they actually look like tabs in a binder or file folders. K-Meleon still has the "layers" look, which is fine!
I do see the argument some people make about the tab bar being above the address bar, as the address changes for every tab, which does make sense, but as the PaleMoon page says, most people access the tab bar more frequently than the Address bar, so the other way makes more sense from a functional standpoint. But of course that would differ depending on your particular browsing habits.
In simpler terms, from most minimalistic to fully-featured:
- Title bar, Menu Bar, Address Bar, Status bar, (and scroll bar if necessary)
- Standard toolbar
- Additional toolbars such as Favorites bar, Privacy Bar, etc.
- Tab bar
That's my opinion on sensible design and defaults anyhow.
The decision is up to Dorian of course, and I will respect whichever he chooses.
P.S.
Do you think it is worth my while to redo the error reporting for missing page border with Firefox 29? Do you think they are so much more likely to consider it done with the very latest version, or will they probably just ignore it either way in their quest to become a perfect Google Chrome replica?
P.P.S.
As you can see in the second picture, I did manage to fix the stray divider issue. I just had to hide and show the throbber for it to be fixed.
P.P.P.S.
Wow, for anyone who wants a good laugh (and maybe a little cry) this is actually hilarious (but sad too)
http://people.mozilla.org/~madhava/FDV/
Thanks!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/2014 06:48PM by thomase13.