Firefox's Metro App version? (released sticky)

[dbcooper.dk]

In theory, just updating to the Nightly with the Metro stuff in it (which is out now), your start screen tile will be switched to the new Metro-style tile (assuming Nightly has all of its defaults set).

This isn't working for me on my Dell laptop, but it did on my Sony tablet. My laptop has been in use for much longer and probably has some screwy stuff hanging around from previous installations.

Thanks. My HP laptop isn't seeing a difference either.

[KWierso]

Did you have the Elm Nightlies installed on it? I used to on my laptop, but I don't think I did on my tablet. Maybe that's the difference?

[KWierso]

Also, try looking in the "All Apps" section of the start screen. Metro Nightly's tile was hiding in there on my laptop.

[dbcooper.dk]

Also, try looking in the "All Apps" section of the start screen. Metro Nightly's tile was hiding in there on my laptop.

Cheers, rebooted, reinstalled, and then the metro tile was in the "all apps" section.

[dbcooper.dk]

Scrolling seems very slow though. Changing the number of lines in about:config had no effect.

[KWierso]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=841197 seems to cover our problems enabling Metro after updating Nightly.

[DJGM]

So then, how do you move the Nightly tile from All Apps to the main Start screen?

[smsmith]

So then, how do you move the Nightly tile from All Apps to the main Start screen?

In All Apps, right click the Nightly icon, then choose Pin to Start from the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen.

I'm beginning to wonder if you have to have a minimum screen resolution of 1366 x whatever to get the Metro / Modern version to run. This laptop can only go as high as 1280 x 800.

[Meph]

By right clicking on it and pinning it? Or are you saying that's not working?

Also, what's the plan for sharing History and Bookmarks data between the desktop and Metro? Have Mozilla decided if they're just going to use sync or if they're going to share the data between them like IE10 does?

[DJGM]

By right clicking on it and pinning it? Or are you saying that's not working?

It just didn't appear anywhere on the main Start screen, even (horizontal) scrolling to the very end.
the Nightly tile only appeared when searching All Apps. Context-clicking Nightly on there, and the
bar that appears gives the option to Unpin from Start, even though it wasn't actually pinned.

Simple solution though ... click Unpin from Start, which then changes to Pin to Start ... job done!

So now at last, I have a "ModernUI" version of Firefox installed and working. Now I'd like to simply
re-iterate my earlier post about customisation. I hope in the (not too distant) future that some
level of GUI customisation is added to the "ModernUI" versions of Firefox, where the standard
navigational controls (Back Forward Reload Stop) can be added/removed as the user prefers,
and to have an option similar to (or equivalent) of Use Small Icons on Firefox for desktop.

[paquini]

in windows events appears this problem:

Error Origen apps: Nombre de registro:Application
Origen: Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell
Fecha: 14/02/2013 12:13:01 p. m.
Id. del evento:2486
Categoría de la tarea:(2414)
Nivel: Error
Palabras clave:(64),Administrador de vigencia de procesos
Usuario: PRINCIPAL\Paco
Equipo: Principal
Descripción:
La aplicación DefaultBrowser_NOPUBLISHERID!EEFEA8717BC47F65 no se inició dentro del tiempo asignado.
XML de evento:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell" Guid="{315A8872-923E-4EA2-9889-33CD4754BF64}" />
<EventID>2486</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>2414</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x2000000000000042</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-14T18:13:01.942760400Z" />
<EventRecordID>5432</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="2532" ThreadID="1292" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Principal</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-575987210-1710912896-2644454385-1001" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ApplicationId">DefaultBrowser_NOPUBLISHERID!EEFEA8717BC47F65</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

[paquini]

This error appears too: Nombre de registro:Application
Origen: Application Error
Fecha: 14/02/2013 12:12:32 p. m.
Id. del evento:1000
Categoría de la tarea:(100)
Nivel: Error
Palabras clave:Clásico
Usuario: No disponible
Equipo: Principal
Descripción:
Nombre de la aplicación con errores: firefox.exe, versión: 21.0.0.4793, marca de tiempo: 0x511cf3ae
Nombre del módulo con errores: xul.dll, versión: 21.0.0.4793, marca de tiempo: 0x511cf2e6
Código de excepción: 0xc000041d
Desplazamiento de errores: 0x00152de8
Identificador del proceso con errores: 0x52c
Hora de inicio de la aplicación con errores: 0x01ce0aded77087da
Ruta de acceso de la aplicación con errores: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nightly\firefox.exe
Ruta de acceso del módulo con errores: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nightly\xul.dll
Identificador del informe: 19515070-76d2-11e2-be82-4487fce99698
Nombre completo del paquete con errores:
Identificador de aplicación relativa del paquete con errores:
XML de evento:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-14T18:12:32.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>5430</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Principal</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>firefox.exe</Data>
<Data>21.0.0.4793</Data>
<Data>511cf3ae</Data>
<Data>xul.dll</Data>
<Data>21.0.0.4793</Data>
<Data>511cf2e6</Data>
<Data>c000041d</Data>
<Data>00152de8</Data>
<Data>52c</Data>
<Data>01ce0aded77087da</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Nightly\firefox.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Nightly\xul.dll</Data>
<Data>19515070-76d2-11e2-be82-4487fce99698</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
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</EventData>
</Event>

[Meph]

I've been unable to use the app bar to pin a Web site in Nightly to the start screen. It worked once, but it's never worked since. When I click on the pin button, it appears selected, but a panel doesn't appear to let me create the tile. Is this happening to anyone else.

[KWierso]

I've been unable to use the app bar to pin a Web site in Nightly to the start screen. It worked once, but it's never worked since. When I click on the pin button, it appears selected, but a panel doesn't appear to let me create the tile. Is this happening to anyone else.

Hrm, yeah, it worked once for me, but I have the same thing happening now.

[KWierso]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=831514