How do I adjust the opacity of tabs and menu commands?
The newest update makes the upper portion virtually illegible in Aero format. As this makes it difficult to see what is open or where the commands are with a sufficiently dark window underneath, this renders Firefox less than useful. How do I fix this without adjusting anything in my OS. The issue here isn't my system, it's in the changes to the new version of the program and I'm not going to rearrange my system for Mozilla's sake. I'd rather abandon the program and company than change for the sake of one program.
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You could use a Firefox theme that does its own thing with colours and uses opaque menus and tabs.
Do I have to download something extra?
Black on gray can be hard to read. Hovering the tab with the mouse should make it more legible, but if you want to read at a glance, you may need to customize more than the built-in settings allow.
One way as noted above is to use a theme. You can find solid color, gradient, and image themes here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/themes/
Another way is to use a style rule. I have posted two that might be useful to you:
- Gives all the background tabs the appearance you get when hovering the mouse: http://userstyles.org/styles/101036/brighter-background-tabs-australis-firefox-29
- Adds a light-colored bar behind the title on the tab: http://userstyles.org/styles/101038/high-visibility-background-tabs-australis-fx29
To apply custom style rules to your Firefox interface, the most convenient way is to use the Stylish extension, but if you don't want to use an extension, you also can create a userChrome.css file and paste the rules in there. (Details if needed.)
I don't want to download anything. I'm not looking to add bloat.
Hi Richard, did you look at the screen shots on those two custom styles to see whether they look like something you would want to use? If you pick one I can try to create the "least bloat" solution for you.
If it requires a third-party download, it doesn't fit my requirements or needs and is out of the question and unsuitable as a solution.
I didn't say you have to download anything. You can type it yourself.
According to whom?
I can only help you if you play along. If you are determined to resist, then never mind.
By the way, Firefox is going to get an update in the next several days that will update the color scheme for certain very dark Windows themes. So maybe wait and see whether that fixes it.
I'm disabled, and yes, this does affect typing, so thank you for your kindness and assumptions with your elitism.
@ jscher2000
Maybe for you and other techies or people who like to tweak, altering userChrome.css and stuff like that, this all is normal and/or fun. But a lot of people do not want to do that, can not do that, do not understand it, or whatever.
I know you and all others here are giving the tips and information in the current build and doing a good job with that. But also realize: the reactions you get from people who just want to alter FF in an easy way without any hassle (like in FF28 and before) are frustrated because their trusted and easy browser suddenly has become a less customizable browser by default then before. They do not want to, or can not, "play along" because all the add-on talk makes them uneasy and frustrated. And I don't blame them.
A *lot* of people did not even use any lay-out and/or functionally add-ons and suddenly they are forced to use add-ons.
For me, it's not an issue of not understanding how things work or programming. It's the intolerance exhibited by people who think I should "play along" for having a disability that limits what I can do with my hand with so many other demands placed on it that don't include - or should - tweaking software to meet my needs rather than have it be a transparent procedure. I don't care how much faster it makes the program run if it makes it less intuitive or user friendly for the disabled.
Then the best solution would be to use SeaMonkey, which is not getting hacked to bits, and has a more stable interface. It has the same security and browsing capability as Firefox.
You will also be able to read email and newsgroups with it.
Hi meegja, I asked Richard to look at two pages and compare the images to see which one looked better for his needs. I got nothing but pushback. See whether you do better.
And again you ignore my disability for your own ego.
Hi Richard, I don't understand what your disability has to do with looking at two images at the links I provided. If you are not able to that, then the parameters you have provided for the solution you want lead me to a dead end. Have you tried Internet Explorer 11? It has improved a lot.
It's not for you to understand nor to ask. It is my decision to choose what to disclose or not. All you have to do is accept the parameters I've set based on my needs. If you want to call that pushback and tell me I need to play along, then you are bigoted and need not continue to engage in this conversation.