[opensuse] Mozilla Firefox 26 - Turn off Annoying Flashing Green Arrow Splash on Download
All, After searching, I have found a way to turn off the flashing green arrow in userChrome.css. For those similarly affected, you need to add the following to your ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/chrome/userChrome.css file: /* * Turn off flashing green download arrow splash: */ @namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul); #downloads-indicator-notification { display: none !important } This looks highly unprofessional in a business setting such as a presentation or in court. No professional needs the display looking like a circus with each click of the mouse during a presentation. I know this is a mozilla issue, but it is worth keeping in mind for all developers. When this 'cutesie' stuff is added, for goodness sake, create a simple check-box that allows the user to turn this stuff off -- without having to waste time to find out how to hack css files to get rid of this unwanted fluff. Interfaces should be clean, functional and unintrusive. Remember, a new feature is a BUG if it cannot be turned off. Hopefully there are not too many more of these in firefox or thunderbird... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
El 13/12/13 18:51, David C. Rankin escribió:
This looks highly unprofessional in a business setting such as a presentation or in court. No professional needs the display looking like a circus with each click of the mouse during a presentation.
People can surely understand at least the bare basics of a browser UI, after all they might be users themselves, and empathize with you that the browser might have a tiny bit of eye-candy which might not appropriate to the setting.
I know this is a mozilla issue, but it is worth keeping in mind for all developers. When this 'cutesie' stuff is added, for goodness sake, create a simple check-box that allows the user to turn this stuff off -- without having to waste time to find out how to hack css files to get rid of this unwanted fluff. Interfaces should be clean, functional and unintrusive.
The idea that this tiny insignificant detail needs a configuration option is a prevalent poisonous mind-set in the opensource world and I am glad mozilla has decided to stop appeasing and perpetuating this complete and utter madness. (it is in the top 5 of insanities that should go away) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/13/2013 2:20 PM, Cristian Rodr�������������������������������� wrote:
The idea that this tiny insignificant detail needs a configuration option is a prevalent poisonous mind-set in the opensource world and I am glad mozilla has decided to stop appeasing and perpetuating this complete and utter madness. (it is in the top 5 of insanities that should go away)
Your concern for others' issues and priorities continues to be an example in the SuSE community. ;-| -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/13/2013 04:20 PM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
The idea that this tiny insignificant detail needs a configuration option is a prevalent poisonous mind-set in the opensource world and I am glad mozilla has decided to stop appeasing and perpetuating this complete and utter madness. (it is in the top 5 of insanities that should go away)
Let's not look at this as a million little checkboxes [ ] for every little inane bit-wasting feature that is added, but there should be a global [ ] to "disable animations". -- Above All Remember -- If you are going to hand children crayons, you better have a bottle of 409 handy... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-12-13 15:51 (GMT-0600) David C. Rankin composed:
After searching, I have found a way to turn off the flashing green arrow in userChrome.css. For those similarly affected, you need to add the following to your ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/chrome/userChrome.css file:
/* * Turn off flashing green download arrow splash: */
@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);
#downloads-indicator-notification { display: none !important }
There seems to be at least six other methodologies to not see that annoyance: 1- http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Moz/ffrv26-os131-120.png 2- Use SeaMonkey instead of Firefox+Thunderbird, which uses substantially less RAM than the two separate products combined. 3- browser.download.animate.notifications: false 4- browser.download.useToolkitUI to true 5- Stylish extension 6- Status4Evar extension
This looks highly unprofessional in a business setting such as a presentation or in court. No professional needs the display looking like a circus with each click of the mouse during a presentation.
I know this is a mozilla issue, but it is worth keeping in mind for all developers. When this 'cutesie' stuff is added, for goodness sake, create a simple check-box that allows the user to turn this stuff off -- without having to waste time to find out how to hack css files to get rid of this unwanted fluff. Interfaces should be clean, functional and unintrusive.
Remember, a new feature is a BUG if it cannot be turned off. Hopefully there are not too many more of these in firefox or thunderbird... -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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