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No close, restore and minimize buttons when Firefox 4 is maximized with Win 7 Aero

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cyounkman@yahoo.com
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Since upgrading to FF 4.0, I have had some weird behaviour with the top taskbar, transparency, and close/restore/minimize.

When I maximize the FF window, I see the top sectino ofthe application window (with FF menu), then address bar, then bookmarks toolbar, then tabs. In the top taskbar, however, there is not close/restore/minimize section at the top right. Clicking or mousing over doesn't change anything in that area. I can restore or minimize the window using keyboard shortcuts (alt-space > r, etc.).

Is this by design? If so, it's a bit annoying to no longer have one-click access to these common window operations.

Maybe a separate issue and maybe not: When I restore the window down to a non-maximized size, the Aero transparency behind the top section as well as the address bar go away -- I get an ugly black background instead. Also, still no close/restore/minimize.

Not sure if these issues are a failure to fully comply with Aero, or a bug, or just a misguided feature..

I have tried resetting everything in FF to defaults, and, also disabled add-ons like Synch, Awesome screenshot, ReaditLater, and Xmarks which have their own buttons.

Looking forward to your input.

Since upgrading to FF 4.0, I have had some weird behaviour with the top taskbar, transparency, and close/restore/minimize. When I maximize the FF window, I see the top sectino ofthe application window (with FF menu), then address bar, then bookmarks toolbar, then tabs. In the top taskbar, however, there is not close/restore/minimize section at the top right. Clicking or mousing over doesn't change anything in that area. I can restore or minimize the window using keyboard shortcuts (alt-space > r, etc.). Is this by design? If so, it's a bit annoying to no longer have one-click access to these common window operations. Maybe a separate issue and maybe not: When I restore the window down to a non-maximized size, the Aero transparency behind the top section as well as the address bar go away -- I get an ugly black background instead. Also, still no close/restore/minimize. Not sure if these issues are a failure to fully comply with Aero, or a bug, or just a misguided feature.. I have tried resetting everything in FF to defaults, and, also disabled add-ons like Synch, Awesome screenshot, ReaditLater, and Xmarks which have their own buttons. Looking forward to your input.