At Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:39:12 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > Robert Heller wrote: > > OK, I recently ugraded to the current ESR release of Firefox for CentOS > > 6. > > And I am having problems with the user interface (basically it has become > > hard [for me] to use). > > > > > > What alternitives are there? (Chrome and Chromium are not possible with > > CentOS, and Chrome and Chromium are actually worse). > > > What's the problems? I just upgraded last week, and the STUPID MORONS made > the arrows in the scrollbars go away, had to search and find a gtk config > file I needed to create.That is one problem -- I want those arrows back. AND wider scrollbars (if that is possible -- skinny scrollbars might be fashonable, but are really hard to use). Another is the *lack* of a place to *type* a file name when you click a file upload button. The file upload browser both comes up too tall (taller than my screen [why?]) and lacks a place to start typing a file name, one *must* scroll down though (in my case) a long list of files and directories. It seems that the use of a keyboard is no longer supported. *Some* of us actually use our keyboards and don't like to point and click *all of the time* (or really much of the time or really at all). I know, the keyboard is a piece of depreciated hardware -- we are all supposed to be using touch screens with only colorful icons -- actually typing file names is so 20th century... :-)> > A month or so ago, they upgraded, and I had to find out that I had to edit > about:config to change the booleans on signature to false. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
Robert Heller wrote:> At Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:39:12 -0400 CentOS mailing list > <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > >> >> Robert Heller wrote: >> >>> OK, I recently ugraded to the current ESR release of Firefox for >>> CentOS >>> 6. >>> And I am having problems with the user interface (basically it has >>> become hard [for me] to use). >>> >>> >>> What alternitives are there? (Chrome and Chromium are not possible >>> with CentOS, and Chrome and Chromium are actually worse). >>> >>> >> What's the problems? I just upgraded last week, and the STUPID MORONS >> made the arrows in the scrollbars go away, had to search and find a gtk >> config file I needed to create. > > That is one problem -- I want those arrows back. AND wider scrollbars (if > that is possible -- skinny scrollbars might be fashonable, but are really > hard to use). >This is what I used. <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1229675>> Another is the *lack* of a place to *type* a file name when you click a > file upload button. The file upload browser both comes up too tall (taller > than my screen [why?]) and lacks a place to start typing a file name, one > *must* > scroll down though (in my case) a long list of files and directories. It > seems that the use of a keyboard is no longer supported. *Some* of us > actually use our keyboards and don't like to point and click *all of the > time* (or really much of the time or really at all). I know, the keyboard > is a piece of depreciated hardware -- we are all supposed to be using > touch screens with only colorful icons -- actually typing file names is so > 20th century... :-) >They all think they're Managers, who don't type, only wave their hands and point. Or, as a friend put it, their "mama dresses them funny, and [they] need a mouse to delete files". mark
At Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:15:12 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > Robert Heller wrote: > > At Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:39:12 -0400 CentOS mailing list > > <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > > >> > >> Robert Heller wrote: > >> > >>> OK, I recently ugraded to the current ESR release of Firefox for > >>> CentOS > >>> 6. > >>> And I am having problems with the user interface (basically it has > >>> become hard [for me] to use). > >>> > >>> > >>> What alternitives are there? (Chrome and Chromium are not possible > >>> with CentOS, and Chrome and Chromium are actually worse). > >>> > >>> > >> What's the problems? I just upgraded last week, and the STUPID MORONS > >> made the arrows in the scrollbars go away, had to search and find a gtk > >> config file I needed to create. > > > > That is one problem -- I want those arrows back. AND wider scrollbars (if > > that is possible -- skinny scrollbars might be fashonable, but are really > > hard to use). > > > This is what I used. > <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1229675>Does not work on my *CentOS 6* system (probably because I don't have gtk 3?).> > > Another is the *lack* of a place to *type* a file name when you click a > > file upload button. The file upload browser both comes up too tall (taller > > than my screen [why?]) and lacks a place to start typing a file name, one > > *must* > > scroll down though (in my case) a long list of files and directories. It > > seems that the use of a keyboard is no longer supported. *Some* of us > > actually use our keyboards and don't like to point and click *all of the > > time* (or really much of the time or really at all). I know, the keyboard > > is a piece of depreciated hardware -- we are all supposed to be using > > touch screens with only colorful icons -- actually typing file names is so > > 20th century... :-) > > > They all think they're Managers, who don't type, only wave their hands and > point. Or, as a friend put it, their "mama dresses them funny, and [they] > need a mouse to delete files".Ha!> > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
> Another is the *lack* of a place to *type* a file name when you click a file > upload button. The file upload browser both comes up too tall (taller than my > screen [why?]) and lacks a place to start typing a file name, one *must* > scroll down though (in my case) a long list of files and directories. It seems > that the use of a keyboard is no longer supported. *Some* of us actually use > our keyboards and don't like to point and click *all of the time* (or really > much of the time or really at all). I know, the keyboard is a piece of > depreciated hardware -- we are all supposed to be using touch screens with > only colorful icons -- actually typing file names is so 20th century... :-)My experience, although it may depend on versions etc., is that if you just start typing in the file upload browser, the search bar appears and the list of "available" files narrows down until you get what you want. P.
Robert Heller wrote:> > Another is the *lack* of a place to *type* a file name when you clicka file> upload button.I don't think you can blame Mozilla for that - Firefox ESR 60 uses the GTK3 file open/save dialogs - which don't by default do this. If you type Ctrl-L anywhere in the dialog box, it toggles a text input box Unfortunately, I don't think there is any setting that displays this input box by default ... James Pearson
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:03:10 -0400 (EDT) Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:> At Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:39:12 -0400 CentOS mailing list > <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > > Robert Heller wrote: > > > OK, I recently ugraded to the current ESR release of Firefox for > > > CentOS > > > 6. > > > And I am having problems with the user interface (basically it > > > has become hard [for me] to use). > > > > > > > > > What alternitives are there? (Chrome and Chromium are not > > > possible with CentOS, and Chrome and Chromium are actually worse). > > > > > What's the problems? I just upgraded last week, and the STUPID > > MORONS made the arrows in the scrollbars go away, had to search and > > find a gtk config file I needed to create. > > That is one problem -- I want those arrows back. AND wider scrollbars > (if that is possible -- skinny scrollbars might be fashonable, but > are really hard to use).I also had to look around for a solution because firefox seems to ignore any changes to gtk3 themes. Here is what works for me (change px as needed): cat ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css .scrollbar.vertical slider, scrollbar.vertical slider { min-width: 15px; } .scrollbar.horizontal slider, scrollbar.horizontal slider { min-height: 15px; }