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Mac Forum / Applications / Firefox / Mozilla / January 2004"hidden" window???
What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch Mozilla??? I have popups turned off, but it keeps appearing, and I can't close it. Until I can turn it off and keep it off, I won't be switching to Mozilla anytime soon...which is a shame, because 1.6 is the fastest version of Moz yet. > What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch > Mozilla??? I have popups turned off, but it keeps appearing, and I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Mozilla anytime soon...which is a shame, because 1.6 is the fastest > version of Moz yet. i think the Mac ( only) hidden window is used by mozilla to provide Mac style menus > >What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch > >Mozilla??? I have popups turned off, but it keeps appearing, and I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > i think the Mac ( only) hidden window is used by mozilla to provide Mac > style menus I'm confused. How can the window be hidden, yet keep appearing? If it's actually visible, what does it look like?  SignatureGPG public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9D5B8762 > I'm confused. How can the window be hidden, yet keep appearing? If > it's actually visible, what does it look like? One way to see it is to use Expose's "Application Windows" hotkey (or screen corner). When you do that for Firebird or Thunderbird, a little square window appears in the group of windows for the app. Firebird's little mystery window is blank, but Thunderbird's has the text "Get Mail" and "Write" peeking through. These windows are elusive; clicking one or otherwise selecting a *bird application window causes all the other windows to come back, but the hidden one disappears. It's not evil, or even annoying, just kind of weird. It shouldn't affect your use of the application, but it does look a little crude. Chuck > > >What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch > > >Mozilla??? I have popups turned off, but it keeps appearing, and I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I'm confused. How can the window be hidden, yet keep appearing? If > it's actually visible, what does it look like? In Mac OS X 10.3, use Expose to show all windows (I have a hot corner, so when I move the mouse to the upper right, all windows in all applications show on the screen at once), and you'll see the "hidden" window. As I said in another post, a hidden window I can't close smells too much like spyware for me to trust Mozilla full-time. > What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch > Mozilla??? I have popups turned off, but it keeps appearing, and I > can't close it. <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223545 > <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150028 > Signaturetorben@despammed.com > > What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch > > Mozilla??? I have popups turned off, but it keeps appearing, and I > > can't close it. > > <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223545 > > <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150028 > Ah, so then it's a bug? I agree with the person who posted: > I would like to know what this hidden window is for. But this makes no sense whatsoever: > The hidden window owns the menu bar that displays when no other windows are open. Why is Mozilla the only browser that does this? A hidden window that I can't close smells too much like spyware for my taste... > > > What's the deal with this "hidden" window that shows up when I launch > > > Mozilla??? > But this makes no sense whatsoever: > > # The hidden window owns the menu bar that displays when no other windows > # are open. > > Why is Mozilla the only browser that does this? I guess the problem is that Mozilla is a cross-plattform application who uses its own rendering mechanism to draw the complete window. AFAIK Mozilla Firebird also have this hidden window, while Camino (who uses the OS to draw the windows) does not. > A hidden window that I can't close smells too much like spyware for my > taste... That is the great thing about Open Source, you can inspect the source code yourself to make sure this is not the case. (Obviously you will want to compile it yourself too, to make sure you are getting the same code). Alternatively you can use Camino (if you do not need MailNews). Signaturetorben@despammed.com |
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