Firefox 2.0 under Kubuntu Edgy Eft - tab management

[Rashid ul Islam]

On 29/10/06, cliff1976 <kubuntu at cliff1976.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the intrusion.  I found the fonts settings in Firefox (it
> was right under my nose), so please ignore my previous message with
> regard to the fonts.
>
> Still,  I'd like to know if there was anyone else whose tabs weren't
> working right under Firefox 2.0 (package from the Edgy repository).
>
> Thanks,
> Cliff
> *Happy With Firefox Once Again*
>
> On 10/29/06, cliff1976 <kubuntu at cliff1976.com> wrote:
> > Hi Rashid and everyone,
> >
> > Thanks for the tip.  The only thing in your instructions I had to
> > modify was to do a "cp -r" instead of just "cp" to recursively copy
> > the firefox directory into /opt/ (figured that out for myself).
> >
> > The good news:  Firefox 2.0 is now working properly with regard to tab
> > managment.  I am pleased.
> >
> > The bad news:  installing it this way makes it look *so*ugly* with
> > regard to fonts.  The Ubuntu package for Firefox 2.0 made the fonts
> > used conform to the rest of KDE, but this binary installer version
> > uses something terrible - character kerning is inconsistent and
> > difficult to read.  And the monospace fonts look even worse.
> >
> > Can anyone else confirm the behavior I was seeing earlier, where the
> > Ubuntu package of Firefox 2.0 was not doing tabs properly?  Or was it
> > just me?  I am going to have to make a tough decision here to see
> > which is worse - lousy fonts or no tabs.  I am looking, but so far
> > have found no option in the Firefox menus to change the default fonts
> > (Bitstream Vera or whatever was default in Edgy was nice, I'd like to
> > go back to that if I can).
> >
> > Thanks for the help with the manual installation though - that at
> > least is something different, if not better.
> >
> > Cliff
> >
> > > Hi Cliff
> > >
> > > Its actually really easy to install from the .tar.gz Its the binary installer,
> > > no compilation necessary.
> > >
> > > Download the .tar.gz from www.getfirefox.com and save it to your Desktop. Then
> > > open a console (K Menu > System > Konsole) then enter the following:
> > > cd ~/Desktop
> > > tar -xvzf firefox-2.0.tar.gz
> > > sudo cp firefox /opt
> > > cd /opt/firefox
> > > chmod a+x firefox
> > > ./firefox
> > >
> > > And thats it!
> > >
> > > Hope that helps :) Post back if you run into any problems
> > >
> >
>
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Oops, I meant to put the -r switch, in fact I tested the command
myself and found I needed the switch but must have forgotten to add it
in *doh*

Glad you managed to get it fixed. I changed the font as well...I use
Arial. I know its a microsoft font, but its nice :)

Good 'luck' :)

-Rashid