Closed Bug 200826 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

About: is ugly

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: Lil46john, Assigned: Lil46john)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030402
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030402

Mozilla's About is too big. The Navigation Toolbar should be hidden. The
Dinosaur should be gone and the splash screen should replace it. The font is too
big. The window takes the whole screen almost

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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How are you opening about:?  What's your pref setting for whether it should open
in a separate window?
------- Additional Comment #1 From Boris Zbarsky  2003-04-05 11:29 -------

How are you opening about:?  What's your pref setting for whether it should open
in a separate window?

Don't understand that. 

Just want about: to have smaller font, dinosaur gone, Splash Screen in.

Toolbar not showing with about:

What pref are you talking about?
There is a preference for how the about: information is shown -- in the browser,
or in a separate window.

And you did not answer my first question -- are you typing "about:" in the URL
bar, or are you selecting "About Mozilla" from the "Help" menu?
------- Additional Comment #3 From Boris Zbarsky  2003-04-05 11:46 -------

There is a preference for how the about: information is shown -- in the browser,
or in a separate window.

And you did not answer my first question -- are you typing "about:" in the URL
bar, or are you selecting "About Mozilla" from the "Help" menu?

I'm doing both. Usually, Abouts are small, but Mozilla's almost uses the whole
screen
You can stop quoting what I say... ;)

What is the value of browser.show_about_as_stupid_modal_window in about:config?
Severity: trivial → minor
it says false
Set it to true.  That's what the pref is for...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
This bug wasn't about ABOUT: being too big. It's about it being to ugly. I found
this link that would maybe simplify about:.
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGWindows/index.html

I'll try to make one myself and see how it turns out with that link as a guidline
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGWindows/index.html
isn't the exact link. Then on the sidebar, go to Special Windows>The About Window
The smaller about window contains totally different-looking content and is a lot
prettier... did you actually try it? That said, if you're working on this....
Assignee: asa → Lil46john
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Saw the smaller window. It does look better, since it doesn't take the whole
window, but it has scroll bars, which made it look like the old "about:" resized
and tabbed
I'm going to wait until bug 196980 is Fixed
Is 

U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS. The Software is a "commercial item," as that term is
defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995), consisting of "commercial computer
software" and "commercial computer software documentation," as such terms are
used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (Sept. 1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48
C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995), all U.S. Government End Users
acquire the Software with only those rights set forth herein.

neccessary? It's ugly and I don't care about it
It's legally required, I would assume.
Why does Mozilla need it and not MSOffice?
Ask a lawyer.
Is it because british people get the English US version or something? Or do you
really don't know?
No, I actually know and I'm just trying to drag down your crusade for a
different dialog, while at the same time fighting the US presence in Germany and
Iraq.

Get a grip, will you?
I'll just leave it like this since firebird has a different one anyways that
will take over
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago → 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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