Firefox 2.0 under Kubuntu Edgy Eft - tab management

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If you want to have firefox and its icons fit in better with KDE:

Go to tools/themes and then click the link for "Get More Themes". That 
will pull up a web page. Keep searching until you find "Mostly Crystal" 
by CatThief. Choose, Install it.



cliff1976 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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