[Tfug] Firefox pretty recipe

[Bowie J. Poag]

99% of people's complaints about Firefox's aesthetic appeal can be 
resolved in five steps.

0) Exit out of X11 and drop to a console.
1) Edit ~/.gtkrc-2.0, and add the following line:  gtk-font-name = 
"UnDotum 10"
2) apt-get install ttf-un* ...this will install a few nice TrueType fonts.
3) Launch X, go to Firefox, go to Preferences, and set all proportional 
fonts in Firefox to use UnDotum 10
4) Download the "Modern" theme for Firefox and use it.

Having things pretty makes a world of difference.. Unfortunately, most 
Linux developers wouldn't know pretty if it crawled up their ass and 
opened up a Wal-Mart.

As for it being "clunky", try to avoid running a resource-hungry 
desktop. The truth is, very few people really need GNOME or KDE.. They 
just need an application launcher and a file management tool. Overbuilt, 
overengineered desktop environments will make everything feel 
clunky/slow, even on fast machines. Look into WindowMaker if you want 
something fast and responsive, even on slow-to-mediocre hardware.

Cheers,
Bowie












christopher wrote:
> ok, without starting a bunch of flaming, I'd like to
> know what's so great about firefox. I love opera, but
> it's giving me some problems and I think it might have
> to do with javascript on Freebsd or something, but
> either way, opera has given me some problems, so I
> thought I'd try using firefox and maybe switch over, if
> I could handle it.
>
> It only took like 20 minutes before it drove me crazy.
> To me firefox is just as clunky as internet explorer.
> And really, the gui is disgusting to look at... ok, I
> could get past that if that was the only problem, but
> really, it just feels really clunky.
>
> And for that matter, since opera is giving my problems,
> I seem to be without browsing options right now. lynx
> isn't really an option, is it?
>
>