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riffraff
Thu Dec 18 2008, 04:37PM
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I did some of the Firefox mods suggested on the MSI board. Pretty useful:

http://forums.msiwind.net/general-discussion/optimise-firefox-for-your-screen-t3371.html

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Freddy
Thu Dec 18 2008, 05:03PM
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Absolutely! I use TinyMenu and Fission plugin myself. Extremely useful!
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riffraff
Thu Dec 18 2008, 06:50PM
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OK, extremely useful!

Another Firefox plug-in, bookmark synchronizer Foxmarks, is a must have add-on too.
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dougp
Fri Dec 19 2008, 03:59AM

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Wanna make it smaller? Use the theme Classic Compact ... heh
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hagster
Sun Dec 21 2008, 12:56PM
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Now all that's left is to get rid of the title bar using the following add-on.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9256

It's in BETA so you need to log in to download it. I got a password from bugmenot.com.
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nebojats
Mon Dec 22 2008, 06:58AM
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That's a pretty sweet mod, although I think I've come up with something better.

First, do a few things to maximize the space you have already: take out the status bar under "view," and customize the toolbar to have small icons (right click, go to customize, and then select the "use small icons" option).

Second thing to do is be in full screen mode. If you're like me, you don't want to have to push f11 every time you turn on Firefox. To avoid this problem, install the add-on called Autohide which is located here: http://www.krickelkrackel.de/autohide/autohide.htm I know the "Use Autohide at your own risk!" seems scary, but this mod doesn't seem to be destroying my computer. Anyway, if you install this add-on, press f11 to go into full screen mode and altf4 out of Firefox, every time you open up Firefox, it opens up in full screen.

The third and final step which was very important to me was installing the add-on called Speed Dial located here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810 This baby lets me assign all my bookmarks a number and access them by simply pushing control-#. Without Speed Dial there is no way to access bookmarks while Firefox is in full screen mode.

Here's the end result.

Before: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/nebojats/untitled1.jpg

After: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/nebojats/untitled.jpg

And note that in the after screen shot, the only reason you see the toolbar at all is because I'm holding my mouse over it. Otherwise, the toolbar is hidden and the entire nc10 screen in its minuscule glory is devoted to the website you're visiting.

Let me know if this works out for you and if you have any ideas for improvement!

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Theo
Mon Dec 22 2008, 09:49AM
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Why not just use F11 and have it display Full Screen.

The whole upper bar section disappears and you get a full display of the web page
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newst
Mon Dec 22 2008, 12:59PM

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Theo wrote ...

Why not just use F11 and have it display Full Screen.

The whole upper bar section disappears and you get a full display of the web page



Because that would be way too easy for a crowd of dedicated geeks!
Just an armadillo on the shoulder of the information superhighway.
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Martin SH
Mon Dec 22 2008, 09:34PM
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Another useful add on is compact menu 2

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4550

This puts all of the menu items under a single icon


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jrdtunes
Mon Dec 22 2008, 10:01PM
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Theo wrote ...

Why not just use F11 and have it display Full Screen.

The whole upper bar section disappears and you get a full display of the web page


Too clever, too simple. It needs to be more complicated and use 300 hacks and plugins, man!!
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