Browser-window "pseudo-always-on-top" on WinXP
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Browser-window "pseudo-always-on-top" on WinXP
Sometimes when using the final Firefox 2 build on windows, the browser-window shows strange behavior:
If I try to get another application's window to the top (typically it happens with Free Download Manager after a download has finished and I try to access it) Firefox 2 stays on top, as if it had the always-on-top property. Only minimizing and restoring the Firefox window once makes it behave regularly again.
Though this bug can't be reliably replicated it happens quite often and on two separate computers.
Did anybody else notice this strange bug?
If I try to get another application's window to the top (typically it happens with Free Download Manager after a download has finished and I try to access it) Firefox 2 stays on top, as if it had the always-on-top property. Only minimizing and restoring the Firefox window once makes it behave regularly again.
Though this bug can't be reliably replicated it happens quite often and on two separate computers.
Did anybody else notice this strange bug?
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Same Problem Here
Same problem here. It's driving me nuts. Any solutions?
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Sorry, but that's not the same thing and not really of the caliber of problem we are having. We open a new window with Firefox, and we can't get ANY window on top of it, not even Task Manager. I try to get it to work for a few seconds and then give up and open a tab in an existing Firefox window to work around the problem. I noticed this the moment I upgraded to Firefox 2.
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This is actually accepted Windows development practices to not "remember" the maximized size as the size to use on next launch.firefoxconvrt wrote:This sounds similar to my problem (annoyance really). Each time a launch a new Firefox session, the window opens the same size every time..about 3/4 screen....even when i close Firefox with a fully maximized window previously. Its driving me nuts!
Any ideas??
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On my system it often happens when opening a new tab (background) or when download launches an app in the background.
Firefox stays on top and refuses to go down the window stack even if I try to active (click on) any other window).
Thanks for the minimize work-around! It's cumbersome, but better than quitting/restarting.
Firefox stays on top and refuses to go down the window stack even if I try to active (click on) any other window).
Thanks for the minimize work-around! It's cumbersome, but better than quitting/restarting.
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feldon23 wrote:PLEASE fix this maddening bug!
It has nothing to do with memory usage and it sure did not exist in Firefox 1.0 or 1.5.
No Firefox developer has read this Forum in years and so none are reading this*. If you would like to make a Bug Report then please go here : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
They do require good evidence though, so as to not waste time - here are some Bug Reports for you to look through to get the idea : http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 84&start=0
For previous versions of Firefox, go here : ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
...you just work your way through it, until you get to the right version for you. For example : ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/f ... in32/en-US
Good luck with your problem.
*this is just another support forum really.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (attrib.)
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