On 3/24/12 4:32 PM, WLS wrote: > On 03/24/2012 03:37 PM, David E. Ross wrote: >> On 3/15/12 9:56 AM, Jim Taylor wrote: >>> SeaMonkey 2.8 now displays graphic files (.jpg, .png, .gif) that are >>> not full screen centered with a black border around the picture. The >>> previous way through 2.7.2 was to display them top left justified on a >>> white screen. Is this change by design???? And if so is there some >>> setting I can change to get the old way back? Or at least change the >>> border from black to white? >>> >>> Jim >> >> I submitted bug #738948, requesting a user option to use the >> user-specified background color. It was closed as WontFix without any >> explaination of why that would be a bad idea. I reopened the bug report >> to request such an explanation. I don't know how long it will remain >> open. See <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738948>. >> >> In the comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html newsgroup, we are frequently >> reminded that Web pages should not attempt to override how users have >> configured their browsers. Here, however, we have a case where someone >> decided to have the browser override how users configure their browsers. >> This is just plain wrong. Can a Mozilla develeoper please explain why >> that is not wrong? >> > > My 2 cents. > > If I change color preference to "Use System colors" the background > becomes white. > > If I pick a color in the palette, the background uses that color. > > If I "Allow pages to chose their own colors, instead of my selections > above" (my default) the background is a dark grey. > > The browser isn't overriding my settings at all, depending on how I > configure my preferences. >
This thread in general applies only to viewing stand-alone images. Stand-alone images are what you see when you place your cursor over an image on a Web page, right-click, and select View Image in the pull-down context menu. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
