• Fixing STUPID Firefox scrollbar override

    From Big Bad Bob@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 31 09:26:38 2021
    In newer versions of Firefox, *THEY* have *DARED* to *FORCE* *US* to
    *SUFFER* with what *THEY* *FEEL* is a scrollbar (aka the 'Adwaita'
    STINKS ON ICE scrollbar)

    At least, in Linux and FreeBSD.

    FORTUNATELY *I* have DONE THE RESEARCH! And it works for thunderbird as
    well

    There are 2 "about:config" settings you need to change. These are

    widget.non-native-theme.enabled set this to FALSE widget.content.gtk-theme-override set this to the theme you want FF to
    use (like "TraditionalOk")

    do this and even across a remote X connection you will see the CORRECT scrollbar appearance.

    there are other settings you can tweek if you prefer that FUGLY thing
    that PRETENDS to be a scrollbar. Or you can mess with your own themes
    directly (whatever, now that YOU have CONTROL back!)


    yes - this reflects the *ARROGANCE* *OF* *THE* *DEVELOPER* that *FEELS*
    that HE KNOWS BEST WHAT *YOU* *NEED*.

    but... one thing for sure, FF did NOT remove the ABILITY to customize it
    BACK to something REASONABLE. YET, anyway...


    --
    (aka 'Bombastic Bob' in case you wondered)

    'Feeling with my fingers, and thinking with my brain' - me

    'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
    "Straighten up and fly right"

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  • From Auric__@21:1/5 to Big Bad Bob on Mon Nov 1 16:43:21 2021
    Big Bad Bob wrote:

    YET
    ^^^

    --
    I'd learned enough to know that their whole family dynamic
    was just one transvestite midget short of a Jerry Springer episode.

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  • From cat enthusiast@21:1/5 to Big Bad Bob on Wed Jan 26 14:55:37 2022
    Check out the Seamonkey Internet suite, it's like old school netscape, still maintained. You can get noscript legacy and ublock origin for it too. Also there is a nice GTK theme called Raleigh Reloaded, it's like the GTK2 Raleigh theme but it works
    with GTK3 as well so it's consistent across programs.

    On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:26:38 -0700
    Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> wrote:

    In newer versions of Firefox, *THEY* have *DARED* to *FORCE* *US* to
    *SUFFER* with what *THEY* *FEEL* is a scrollbar (aka the 'Adwaita'
    STINKS ON ICE scrollbar)

    At least, in Linux and FreeBSD.

    FORTUNATELY *I* have DONE THE RESEARCH! And it works for thunderbird as
    well

    There are 2 "about:config" settings you need to change. These are

    widget.non-native-theme.enabled set this to FALSE widget.content.gtk-theme-override set this to the theme you want FF to
    use (like "TraditionalOk")

    do this and even across a remote X connection you will see the CORRECT scrollbar appearance.

    there are other settings you can tweek if you prefer that FUGLY thing
    that PRETENDS to be a scrollbar. Or you can mess with your own themes directly (whatever, now that YOU have CONTROL back!)


    yes - this reflects the *ARROGANCE* *OF* *THE* *DEVELOPER* that *FEELS*
    that HE KNOWS BEST WHAT *YOU* *NEED*.

    but... one thing for sure, FF did NOT remove the ABILITY to customize it
    BACK to something REASONABLE. YET, anyway...


    --
    (aka 'Bombastic Bob' in case you wondered)

    'Feeling with my fingers, and thinking with my brain' - me

    'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
    "Straighten up and fly right"


    --
    catenthusiast!

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  • From Big Bad Bombastic Bob@21:1/5 to cat enthusiast on Wed Jan 26 16:46:09 2022
    On 1/26/22 06:55, cat enthusiast wrote:
    Check out the Seamonkey Internet suite, it's like old school netscape, still maintained. You can get noscript legacy and ublock origin for it too. Also there is a nice GTK theme called Raleigh Reloaded, it's like the GTK2 Raleigh theme but it works
    with GTK3 as well so it's consistent across programs.

    nice, thanks!

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