Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[sgull]

Since first starting using Puppy a few days ago, and after selecting a browser (Firefox), I noticed the window size for the browser as displayed on the desktop/screen didn't fill the whole screen, as shown here in this screenshot of how it currently appears: http://imagebin.org/206353

Thinking maybe the solution was to simply choose full screen option from the View menu in the Firefox menu bar, that did in fact enlarge the browser window to fill the entire screen but excluded the bottom taskbar, the Firefox menus and tabs, the scrollbar, and the entire border of the browser window, eliminating user control of the desktop and/or browser.

Obviously something has set the browser window to default to the size as shown in the screenshot, but this is not the size I desire nor am used to. I would prefer the browser window default to fill the whole screen but of course still to include the other surrounding elements which as I just mentioned are missing otherwise if I simply choose full screen from Firefox View menu.

Also, I noticed the Firefox version which was listed to download among the choices presented in the browser download selection with Puppy (Lucid 528) was 7 or under. I believe I could update Firefox to the latest version which is 11.

Any suggestions/solution to this issue would be appreciated.

[666philb]

double click (left button) on the top bar to fill the screen and keep the controls, double click again to shrink

another handy thing to note is that if you scroll the mouse wheel on the top bar, you can shade and un-shade the window

[666philb]

and to update firefox... use an official lucid pet, rather than the updater, as the later firefox's have been quite problematic... http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributions/puppylinux//pet-packages-lucid/Firefox-11-Lucid-2.pet

[sgull]

Thank you 666philb for those very helpful replies. Much appreciated!

[sgull]

[bigpup]

If you had a firefox v9.01 or newer, the auto-update is probably OK. Use it for awhile and see how it goes. The versions after 9 seem to auto-update Ok.
The bad thing is, they seem to be tweaking Firefox constantly, and changing how it works. For now if it does the basics, I am happy.
If not, you can download the Lucid pet of Firefox 11, install it, and it will install over the Firefox version you have.

[sgull]

[Makoto]

Your Firefox extensions are stored/installed to your profile, which isn't normally touched when you update or install a different version of Firefox. If you're simply updating from FF9 to version 11, your profile and extensions shouldn't be touched.

[sgull]

[666philb]

first off i guess is to test your firefox, as the issues that arose when people auto upgraded to 9 & 10 may have been worked out in 11

tests

try watching a video on youtube.
try opening googlemail
visit some other sites with lots of flash

the problems people had were firefox hanging/freezing , and if yours isn't then you are probably ok.
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however, to uninstall programs you've installed....
1. open the ppm (you can access the ppm through... quickpet>>>>>more pets>>>>>puppy package manager. or in the menu>>setup>>setup puppy
2. you'll either have a window at the bottom showing installed packages, or an uninstall button (depends on which theme the PPM is set with) either way, just click once on a package name to uninstall

[sgull]

666philb,

Okay, thanks. I'll test it as suggested and generally be aware of the issues you mentioned that may occur. The info on uninstalling you provided is of course helpful also to me as beginner getting used to puppy, and is appreciated.