Firefox 4.0 Mockup Theme

[Black Rider]

That is not the default behavior, can you post a screenshot?

It's like this:

Edit:

Okay, got it. There was another CSS-Code activated in the Stylish-AddOn. Now it works alright :)

Edited October 8, 2009 by Black Rider

[r0bc]

Why am I getting the usual Strata40 All Tabs button (the 4 squares) instead of the new one?

[r0bc]

And... why does the following Alert pop up when I middle click a folder in the Bookmarks button provided by StrataBuddy instead of opening all bookmarks contained within? Note that middle-clicking single bookmarks works correctly.

Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (place) isn't associated with any program.

when middle-clicking a folder it actually tries to open (it shows in the urlbar)

place:folder=xxxx

where 'xxxx'is a four-digit number, varying according to which bookmark folder I'm clicking on. Middle clicking in the Bookmarks sidebar or in the Bookmarks menu (if the menu bar is shown) works fine as usual.

By the way, when the menu bar is hidden, is there any keyboard shortcut to temporarily show it or the only way currently is to show/hide it through the Tools button?

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

And... why does the following Alert pop up when I middle click a folder in the Bookmarks button provided by StrataBuddy instead of opening all bookmarks contained within? Note that middle-clicking single bookmarks works correctly.

I have the same problem, I will take a look into that, thanks. Also to get the tab "hat" image you need to select the "3.7 Tabs/Bookmarks background" under the Tabs pane.

Edit: Fixed the problem, I will update the add-on sometime today.

Edited October 8, 2009 by SoapyHamHocks

[r0bc]

I have the same problem, I will take a look into that, thanks. Also to get the tab "hat" image you need to select the "3.7 Tabs/Bookmarks background" under the Tabs pane.

Ah OK... but I'm using tabs on top as in the 4.0 mockup. I see the All tabs image in the current mockups is the same "hat" both in 3.7 and 4.0, so you might apply it anyway over Strata40 or put it as a separate option in the next release.

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

Ah OK... but I'm using tabs on top as in the 4.0 mockup. I see the All tabs image in the current mockups is the same "hat" both in 3.7 and 4.0, so you might apply it anyway over Strata40 or put it as a separate option in the next release.

That is true, I will probably have that as an option. As for the quickly showing the Menus, I will look at some other add-ons and see how they do it.

[r0bc]

That is true, I will probably have that as an option. As for the quickly showing the Menus, I will look at some other add-ons and see how they do it.

Nevermind, I just changed the image in Strata40 with those in StrataBuddy ;) and "forced" it anyway.

[andrek]

Umm, it doesn't work for me at all. The only new thing it introduces into the "old" strata theme is the new page and tools buttons ( which I had to add manually.. ). Everything stays the same, the configuration menu doesn't seem to make any changes. I do not get the milky background behind the tabs, I don't get the new bookmarks-menu button. Also, the stop and refresh buttons do not differ from "old" strata40 theme.

Before you ask - I did restart Firefox few times, I even have rebooted my laptop. Same goes for installing/uninstalling Strata Buddy add-on. I'm using Firefox "Namaroka" 3.6b1pre Build 20091008053826 on Windows 7. I don't have any userstyles enabled in stylish.

Edited October 8, 2009 by andrek

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Did you go into Strata Buddy's options to chose the tab style?

[andrek]

I sure did. Making any choices in there ( from "tabs on top" to "3.7 tabs" ) doesn't do any difference after the browser's restart. But as I said before, there are no changes in buttons either, so I guess it's not getting installed properly or there's some kind of add-on conflict - I'm currently using : Adblock Plus, Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper, DownThemAll!, Flashgot, Informational tab (doesn't work either), Nightly Tester Tools, Omnibar, Strata Home Tab, StrataBuddy, StrataGlass, Stylish and Xmarks. And, of course, Strata40 0.4.3 as a theme.

Edited October 8, 2009 by andrek

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Hm, the progress line on the tabs has to be enabled in Strata Buddy's options. It all should work with those addons.

[Darrian]

The Buddy extension didn't do a damned thing for me, either (appearance options-wise, the new buttons were available, though i don't like them as much as the default buttons that come with the theme (hint: how about a bookmarks button that uses the star icon from the theme instead of the icon from Chromifox, but without the "bookmarks" text?)). I just went back to using tab mix plus + stylish to get the tabs on top + progress bars.

[andrek]

What's interesting, it works nearly perfect on Firefox 3.5.2. Have a look at this:

Even if the option to move the bookmarks icon to the right is marked, it is still displayed on the left. In addition, there's too little space between urlbar and Page button.

[dert07]

What's interesting, it works nearly perfect on Firefox 3.5.2. Have a look at this:

Even if the option to move the bookmarks icon to the right is marked, it is still displayed on the left. In addition, there's too little space between urlbar and Page button.

The option for moving the bookmarks icon to the right just fixes its right margin. You can simply drag and drop the bookmarks icon to the right side of the bookmarks toolbar. If you do that it is too far from the right edge, so checking the option will fix that. The text is probably a bit misleading, we'll see if we can change that.

We're currently working on making the labels on the Page and Tools buttons localizable, which means we're replacing the label built into the image with real text, that can easily be translated by editing the .dtd files in the locale folder. We'll fix the small space between the urlbar and Page simultaneously.

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BTW, if you want the Add-on to be in your language, please translate the translations.dtd and prefwindow.dtd in the locale folder. You can use the already existing files as a basis. Then send us these two files together with a small note with your language code (en-US e.g.) and we'll include it in the next update. We already have pl-PL, ru-RU, sk-SK, en-US, de-DE and possibly French soon.

Edited October 8, 2009 by dert07

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

looks good :)

[dert07]

The Buddy extension didn't do a damned thing for me, either (appearance options-wise, the new buttons were available, though i don't like them as much as the default buttons that come with the theme (hint: how about a bookmarks button that uses the star icon from the theme instead of the icon from Chromifox, but without the "bookmarks" text?)). I just went back to using tab mix plus + stylish to get the tabs on top + progress bars.

Be sure to add the Tools button to the nav bar first, before changing any settings. For some weird reason they don't get applied when the Tools button isn't on. And always restart after changing anything.

We didn't use the icon from Chromifox. The bookmarks button looks like that in the current mockups:

[Darrian]

LOL. Well, I must have restarted like 30 times, but no, I never bothered to add the tools button, since the tools button from the strata theme + personal menu is a lot nicer and the menu is customizable and I didn't see the need. I guess I'll try that and see what happens.

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

LOL. Well, I must have restarted like 30 times, but no, I never bothered to add the tools button, since the tools button from the strata theme + personal menu is a lot nicer and the menu is customizable and I didn't see the need. I guess I'll try that and see what happens.

For now just put the Tools button onto the toolbar and hide it with this:

#tools-toolbar-button {
display: none !important;
}

[Darrian]

Awesome, thank you. It's working now. On an unrelated note, does anybody have some stylish code to hide the throbber on loading tabs? I don't see the point of having both that and a progress line.

We didn't use the icon from Chromifox. The bookmarks button looks like that in the current mockups:

Huh. Well, perhaps they stole it from chromifox? Or maybe it comes from some other obscure theme and both are "borrowing" it? Shrug. I dunno, I just think the star used in the theme by default looks better. Since this is an extension to modify the Strata theme I figured it might be better to use the same buttons, only remove the text. Perhaps something to consider as another option at some point in the future (I'd expect getting it to work 100% as intended should trump minor cosmetics).

Edited October 9, 2009 by Darrian

[Bioran]

How do you combine the search bar with the navigation bar?

[bluewind.]

How do you combine the search bar with the navigation bar?

As the instructions say...

Omnibar [link]

Not essential but great for using the address bar for searching instead of the search bar.

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

How do you combine the search bar with the navigation bar?

Try Omibar

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

We managed to find a way to get the Page and Tools buttons localized for each language. This is what we have so far, although the font might need a bit of work.

Also to hide the tab throbber when a page is loading:

tab[busy] .tab-icon {
  visibility: hidden !important;}

[Darrian]

Cool, thanks a lot. :)

[r0bc]

SoapyHamHocks, did you already upload the version fixing the middle-click issue in bookmarks? it seems it still is the previous (October 6) release...