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I took out time and installed Ubuntu 7.01 in a virtual machine. Looks like CSS behaves differently on FF Linux than on Windows. Or may be it is just the order of the loading of various CSS files. Essentially the tab is not getting colored because the tab is using -moz-dialog as the background color. When I set -moz-appearance to 'none', it seemed to fix things.
Taking things a little further I took off the background image of the tabs. The tabs now look more transparent (but dull). Also when the tab is selected, the background image changes thereby changing the appearance of the tab. Thus the inherent ability to recognise tab by colour is lost. I would like to invite all volunteers using Linux or Windows to download this temporary version and comment on how you find it. Download it here.
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Works good on Linux (Kubuntu Hardy KDE4.0) with Firefox 3 RC1 and lastest SwiftFox! Thanks!
Works but doesn't look as nice as the PC version. All the tabs show up very dim/faint and they tend to kind of blend together because the borders around each tab is so faint.
Here is a link to a screenshot of what my tab-bar looks like. I'm running FF3 RC1 on linux.
http://drop.io/cpqypvk
The file is called zz.png.
To a certain degree, setting the fade level fades off the tab and thus dulls the appearance. I'm going to make some minor modifications and release an update. At least that will work on ubuntu. What do you say?
Something is moving, but I think that the appearence is too rough now. Plane colors, overlapping tabs, base line missing…
Moreover I (maybe) found a bug: check "Enable a background image for tabs", then select an image file. It appears in the background. ok. Now uncheck "Enable a background image for tabs"… the image is still there in the background!
Looks like uncheck only takes effect after a restart.
Not exactly: it's enough to delete the string of the file location to make the background disappear. It seems that the checkmark is uninfluent.
Precisely here's what's wrong. Only the file location field is monitored for changes. If the checkbox were, that would solve the issue.
That's the reason why it works when you change the value in the file location field.
cool, now it works even on my FF3 RC1, i'm using archlinux
so i think we could say that it works on linux, not only on ubuntu
yeah. your could say that. I just silently released v3.1 today which works on Linux (as you said). I'll announce it tomorrow.
oh… forgot the wink. Here it is
It works, though it's not as polished as the Windows version. The tabs are a uniform color (no gradients or beveled appearance, as in Windows) and the edges of the tabs are difficult to ascertain, as well. But the colors are there. Running FFb5 on Ubuntu 8.04.
yea this new idea could be taken to another level and improved. But this current update is not as appealing, reducing the effect the color tab intended to give. If the background banner could be customized easily or a few color schemes or patterns that come with the update then it would be nice as well. So, from my experience with it so far I do not really like it and do not intend on using the fading at all cause it is annoying to the eyes and creates an extra distraction from what I want to see when on the internet. Good idea so far but needs much more work and creativity combined with accessibility.