Minimal Firefox
Used Hide Caption by Ji Shiping, to hide the title bar. Cons: have to aim below the window control buttons to move the window; need a Mozilla Add-ons account to download.
Fission by Zeniko, adds a progress bar to the location bar so you can hide the status bar. Cons: no room for extensions’ status bar icons or download status.
Compact Menu 2 by Milly C., to reduce the menu bar to a blue button next to the location bar. Cons: an additional click for menu only actions.
Searching with keywords only, hence, no search bar. Stop and reload buttons combined via CSS. No global throbber.
Enjoy.
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F. Valencia
Hi there.
Thanks for this information.
I have a question: How much is a risk it to install an experimental add-on like “hide caption”?
I keep it working but I am a little bit afraid of this add-on to contain any kind of spyware, since I am a firefox new user.
gary johnsonMarch 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Dear F
I have used the hide caption addon for a few days now. I have made a cursory examination of the file HideCaptions.js, which contains the executable code for this extension. I do not feel that I am at any risk from this extension in its current state. I would feel more comfortable if I their was some sort of contact information for the author or a website devoted to it, but many people have legitimate reasons for not including contact information, like protecting their privacy and time. I think the person who did this extension has a high skill level in both Firefox and in programming.
gary johnson
Thanks for this. I posted this about browsing on a Home Theater PC
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platforms.mobile/browse_thread/thread/2f33a88112f60910/d96e39478dafffc6#d96e39478dafffc6.
If I could take the minimal FOX and make the Awesome Bar 30 to 40 pts high and set the default Zoom level to persist across pages, I think I would be done. I asked a couple of themers about doing this, with no luck.
The techniques used in Minimal Firefox certainly look easier to start with than customizing
\mozilla\browser\base\content\browser.xul
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