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[Andrew Oakley <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16/11/2009, Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You'll find most users simply will not use anything else other than firefox
> (sad but true) So will more than likely install it anyway due to ignorance
> or some form of loyalty, despite its massive shortcomings (like ridiculous
> ram usage)

I'm also desperate to escape the Firefox bloat, but I find that on my
netbook with small screen dimensions, I like to configure Firefox and
use an add-on to reduce the toolbar, search bar and menu bar down to
just one row, and turn off the status bar:

http://www.aoakley.com/misc/firefox-lxde-compact.png

In this example I've removed the status bar, placed the menu, toolbar
icons, address bar and search box onto one row, and used the Tiny Menu
add-on to move all menu items except Bookmarks so that they cascade
under one menu item "Menu".

Tiny Menu: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1455

Note how this is not Firefox's "full screen" option, nor is it kiosk
mode; the LDXE task bar remains visible below the browser window.
Window decoration has been removed for this window using the OpenBox
option.

Given that Lubuntu will be ideal for netbooks, are there any other
browsers which support the majority of web browsing (Flash video,
Ajax) but can keep their toolbars etc. down to just one row whilst
retaining a menu, bookmarks, address bar,
back/forward/reload/stop/home buttons and search box?

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Andrew Oakley andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx