Firefox KDE support

[Xplorer4x4]

I would imagine so: https://launchpad.net/~blue-shell/+members

And these people are who? lol Seriously though, who are they?

I was wondering if it would be possible to develop kind of support for Firefox themes, or a way to theme Firefox on KDE somehow independently? I mean Firefox versions change frequently so something more independent would be great.
I wish I could use Foxdie (Camino or Safari 3) theme in KDE but would be great to have a simple tool to configure it (or other themes) so that it can work regardless of official themes and Firefox versions. I am thinking about something like a new category - like Firefox KDE skins/themes.
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...l=1#post304989

Of course even better solution would be to integrate Gtk applications more with KDE (at least menu bar and toolbar/iconbar), so that they could use KDE theme engines, but I realize that this is not that simple.

Despite the fast release schedule, most add ons(and maybe themes to) still work fine. You can go to about:config and toggle add on compatibility checking, or simply grab the XPI file, open it(not extract it) in winrar(I assume Ark will work in the case of linux/KDE). Open the rdf file(I think) in something like Kate, and alter the max version as needed. In worst case scenario, if something goes wrong, you just need to launch firefox in safe mode to disable your add ons. then reenable all but the hacked add on.

[SteveRiley]

And these people are who? lol Seriously though, who are they?

You could:

* click their names and view their Launchpad profiles
* Google their real names and see what comes up

They be famous folk in Kubuntu-land

[Xplorer4x4]

You could:

1. click their names and view their Launchpad profiles
2. Google their real names and see what comes up

They be famous folk in Kubuntu-land

1. No offense but have you checked there profiles? Just sayin..
Harald Sitter - "Ubuntu MOTU, Core Developer and Kubuntu Ninja." I guess he works for Canonical? Maybe he was one of the few guys from Canonical that worked on Kubuntu.
Jonathan Riddell - "Kubuntu Developer" Officially or Unofficially? To some people they might consider me a developer. Hacker is probably a more accurate word, but it has a negative stereotype for obvious reasons.
Rohan Garg and Starbuck - No description

2. Try googleing Starbuck. Something tells me Starbucks Coffe is irrelevant here lol. The others, well still requires a little digging. Can't say I am that desperate to find out.

[SteveRiley]

Jonathan Riddel (personal blog, KDE blog) is the person who Canonical used to employ full-time to maintain Kubuntu. When Canonical decided that Kubuntu would be treated like the other official *buntu flavors, Jonathan learned he would be assigned to other tasks. Subsequently he was hired by Blue Systems to work full-time on Kubuntu. Jonathan is one of six members of the Kubuntu Council.

Harald Sitter (blog), another Kubuntu Council member, is part of the team of community members (the MOTU) who maintain Ubuntu's Universe and Multiverse repositories, which is where Kubuntu is housed. Harald contributes to a wealth of the packages that comprise Kubuntu. Harald is employed by Blue Systems.

Rohan Garg (blog, wiki) is an active member of the Kubuntu developer community, working on a number of contributions that will appear in Quantal. Rohan is employed by Blue Systems to work full-time on Kubuntu.

Starbuck is Clemens Toennies, also of Blue Systems. He spends much time on Netrunner OS, Blue's other large KDE-based project (which itself is derived from Kubuntu).

These are just four of the many people who pour countless hours into making Kubuntu the wonderful operating system it is. I think knowing a little about about the folks behind our favorite distro is a useful thing.

[starbuck]

O 4311 guess I'll give it a whirl ......if I just add the PPA and upgrade will it pull it in and keep my passwords and bookmarks and such ?
will lava fox blue still be good?

VINNY

Yes, personal settings should be kept.
lava fox blue depends if it is supported by 14.0.1.

[gnomek]

You can use foxdie. Just install checkcompatability addon for firefox, enable the addon. Download the acefoxdie windows version and isntall it. It works without issue.

Actually I found only foxdie not acefoxdie, but this method works just fine. Thank you.

Despite the fast release schedule, most add ons(and maybe themes to) still work fine. You can go to about:config and toggle add on compatibility checking, or simply grab the XPI file, open it(not extract it) in winrar(I assume Ark will work in the case of linux/KDE). Open the rdf file(I think) in something like Kate, and alter the max version as needed. In worst case scenario, if something goes wrong, you just need to launch firefox in safe mode to disable your add ons. then reenable all but the hacked add on.

Good to know. Thank you.

I was dreaming of something similar to how qt4-qtconfig works for qt apps, that would force all gtk applications to use diffrent KDE themes (not only Oxygen).

[vinnywright]

Yes, personal settings should be kept.
lava fox blue depends if it is supported by 14.0.1.

yes it worked just great (lava fox)
Thank you for the reply

VINNY

[eggbert]

Starbuck is Clemens Toennies

Isn't this the guy that own's Blue Systems? He also is a meat tycoon, and also owns a soccer team. Quite interesting. Blue Systems is something of a mystery. There does not seem to be much info on them, and they don't have any apparent business direction outside of sponsoring different KDE related projects.

Maybe he is just a really wealthy dude who digs hacking on KDE in his spare time?

[GreyGeek]

Isn't this the guy that own's Blue Systems? He also is a meat tycoon, and also owns a soccer team. Quite interesting. Blue Systems is something of a mystery. There does not seem to be much info on them, and they don't have any apparent business direction outside of sponsoring different KDE related projects.

What? Search for his name and you'll get 40K listings explaining just about everything about him, Blue Systems and the Netrunner OS. Add "Kubuntu" to the search and you'll get 20K listings.

http://lwn.net/Articles/495551/

Netrunner is an Kubuntu-based distribution with a focus on desktop computing. It boasts a carefully tuned KDE 4 desktop with many integrated GNOME applications to offer users a selected mix of popular and powerful programs

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Maybe he is just a really wealthy dude who digs hacking on KDE in his spare time?

Undoubtedly he is, but I'm thankful that he is community minded and did pickup the financial support for our favorite distro! While I've volunteered in the past on various Kubuntu things I, and probably you, don't have the financial clout to support two developers and the infrastructure necessary to produce a high quality distro.

[starbuck]

I suggest to add browser-css.patch, it make awesome bar more nice:

Hey sumski,
how about you be part of the team so you could add code-things and help with the maintanance?

On Launchpad it's no problem, and for github, just let me know if you have a profile there.

[moray33]

I just found out the new official PPA, but I'd like to know... How can I do this with the official PPA?

If you would like to only receive Firefox updates from sumski's PPA, thereby avoiding Ubuntu's Firefox package being installed over the KDE-patched version:
1) Create the following file: /etc/apt/preferences.d/hrvojes-firefox-kde-pin-1000
2) Copy and paste the following into the file:

Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-hrvojes-firefox-kde
Pin-Priority: 1000

Now you won't have to worry about losing KDE integration after an update.

Someone could help, please?

And thanks to sumski again for your great work!

[Xplorer4x4]

I just found out the new official PPA, but I'd like to know... How can I do this with the official PPA?



Someone could help, please?

And thanks to sumski again for your great work!

1. Create a pin file: sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox-kde-pin-1000
2. Copy and paste this in to the file:

Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-blue-shell-firefox-kde
Pin-Priority: 1000

Seems to work fine for me.

The file name may not matter but I changed it for the sake of being proper and organized.

[Xplorer4x4]

I am pretty confident the above is correct, but verification would be appreciated,

Just wanted to check is this is a bug or a add on problem, but when I got to kde-look, opendesktop, etc, and I click to view a thumbnail the pop up shows up showing me the image as it should, but I am unable to get the image to scroll down. This actually happens most of the time, but not all of the time. Go figure to, I just went to try to reproduce it one more time thinking of grabbing a screen shot to clarify. One of those days..been up 24-28 hours straight...

[Mr_Bumpy]

Apart from the missing "P" in "Package", it appears to be correct.

[sumski]

Hey sumski,
how about you be part of the team so you could add code-things and help with the maintanance?

On Launchpad it's no problem, and for github, just let me know if you have a profile there.

Thanks, but i think those guys will manage it
Since i'm already suggesting , i would add KParts Plugin to Suggests, it integrates other KDE apps with Firefox nicely:

This plugin uses KDE's KParts technology to embed file viewers (e.g. for PDF files) into non-KDE browsers. Tested browsers include both Mozilla Firefox and Opera, and is know to work with Chrome and Arora.