391981 - Better minimum size for browser window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 897160

(Core :: Widget, defect)

Description

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Attachment: Screenshot (Fx2 on left; Minefield on right)

In Firefox 2, we specified a minimum window size that actually had a little sliver of content showing in it. On trunk, the minimum window size is way smaller. Observe the attached screenshot.

STR:
 1. Drag the window dragger thing in the bottom right as far to the top left as you can.

(Firefox 2 on the left, Minefield 2007-08-12 on the right.)

Comment 1

[Bastian Holst]

Attachment: Very small firefox window

The same problem here with version 3.0.6. I could get it even smaller but at restart it has the shown size. This is a major usability issue for simple users.

(Using Mandriva Cooker)

Comment 2

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Attachment: Windows screenshots of Firefox and IE

Can someone attach a screenshot of the minimum window size for Safari?

Comment 3

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Shell integration doesn't do anything with the size of windows so moving over to core -> widgets

Comment 4

[u279076]

Attachment: Screenshot: Safari 3.2.3 vs Firefox 3.5b99

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1b99) Gecko/20090604 Firefox/3.5b99

Here is a screenshot comparing Safari Version 3.2.3 (4525.28.3) to Firefox 3.5b99 on Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger).  It appears that Safari always shrinks to the last known size.  The attached screenshot reflects the default size (no manual resizing of window prior to stretching/shrinking).

I'll follow this up with a screenshot of the absolute minimum size of a Safari window.

Comment 5

[u279076]

Attachment: Screenshot: Minimum Safari size

Here's a screenshot showing the absolute minimum size of Safari vs Firefox.  Look how cute Firefox is.

Comment 6

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Attachment: Safari minimum size on Windows

Comment 7

[Henrik Skupin (:whimboo) [⌚️UTC+1]]

So when it is a regression we need a regression window.

Comment 8

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

I'm not sure it's a regression on Windows, only Mac. For Mac, I haven't checked but... this regressed with the switch Cocoa widgets almost certainly.

Comment 9

[Henrik Skupin (:whimboo) [⌚️UTC+1]]

(In reply to comment #8)
> I'm not sure it's a regression on Windows, only Mac. For Mac, I haven't checked
> but... this regressed with the switch Cocoa widgets almost certainly.

Yeah, that was the reason. Adding bug 326469 to the dependency list.

Comment 10

[bogas04]

Any progress on this ?

Comment 12

[sjw]

obsolete since bug 897160 was fixed.