Sorry, everyone, I forgot the subject line...
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 7:47 AM, G. J. Pareja <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone. > > The new release 2.1.9 for Windows (I use XP professional) has made what I > consider the worst change ever in history.... > > Some background: I have been using the Seamonkey suite, and prior to it, > Mozilla, and prior to that, Netscape, since time immemorial (o.k., 1996). > Up till this morning, I absolutely loved it. > > Now I'm ticked off and for the first time ever am considering switching, > but I don't want to. > > Tell me if there's some configuration tweak I can make to get back to what > I liked. (I do know the "about:config" method, but so far can't locate what > parameter I could change.) > > * * * > > Below are some screenshots taken at 100% text zoom level in 2.1.9 and > ditto in Google Chrome (yuck, I know, but I like the display in these > shots). For the purpose, since I no longer have the older version of > Seamonkey, the files with "chrome" in the filename can substitute for how > the old Seamonkey rendered pages (and the type of display I like). The ones > with "seamonkey-219" are with the new (ugly) display. > > In 2.1.9, I tried to adjust the zoom level, with the menu (View, text > Zoom, etc.) and with Ctrl + scroll-wheel, as usual, but I can't get > anything I like. I specifically want to avoid having to scroll sideways to > see all the content, and even at 20% zoom I can't get rid of it. I hate > this. > > [One thing that may seem odd when you see these screenshots: I use a 24" > monitor set up in "portrait" orientation, and though I do have a pivot to > switch it to "landscape", I find "portrait" works best for most of my uses, > and so I leave it in that orientation all the time. What you see in these > shots of the active window represents about 85% of the whole screen, which > is how I like it; this leaves a sliver at the bottom for the media player > and the windows task bar.] > > I wonder whether the designer of the new behavior in 2.1.9 thought only of > people using their monitors in landscape orientation? > > I like this: > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3695954/BBC-news-130705-chrome.jpg > and this: > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3695954/CBC-news-130705-chrome.jpg > > I absolutely hate this: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3695954/BBC-news-130705-seamonkey-219.jpg > or this: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3695954/CBC-news-130705-seamonkey-219.jpg > > I don't want to show a screenshot of my gmail, but it looks awful under > 2.1.9. > > * * * > > Is there any way for me to get back to the display I like without > abandoning Seamonkey? > > Thank you. > > Germán Pareja > Vancouver > > > _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
