[CALUG] Thunderbird's looks are ugly on F9

Walt Smith waltechmail at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 15 17:07:07 EDT 2008


Thanks,

Maybe I should mention Open Office looks OK.
The installation was originally Gnome, with kde not selected.
I then later installed some kde apps from the CD using a 
few RPM commands, -- kdebase which was konqueror.
I don't think I installed the kde "desktop".

Walt........


--- On Mon, 7/14/08, Rajiv Gunja <opn.src.rocks at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rajiv Gunja <opn.src.rocks at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CALUG] Thunderbird's looks are ugly on F9
> To: waltechmail at yahoo.com
> Cc: calug at unknownlamer.org
> Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 6:45 PM
> If you are on KDE, I would suggest going into the control
> panel and changing
> the fonts for your desktop. If this is happening only for
> Mozilla and not
> other applications, then it could be a bug or some weidness
> in your Desktop
> resolution.
> 
> -GGR
> 
> 2008/7/14 Walt Smith <waltechmail at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > For those with a serious attachment to X or how the
> desktop works:
> >
> > Mozilla Firefox 3 looks great on F9.
> >
> > However;
> >
> > I installed Thunderbird, and Seamonkey  ( combo of
> mozilla and emailer).
> > Did it using the rpm from Fedora site/DVD pkg.
> >
> > Both Look like crap.
> > Both are Mozilla related.
> >
> >
> > Small text in menu's and along icons etc...
> > icons look crappy.
> >
> >
> > I uninstalled Thunderbird and reinstalled- and there
> was no difference.
> > Did multiple googles and even an Alta Vista, as well
> > as  release notes and FAQ's on fedora. Could find
> nothing mentioned.
> > So it must be my magic fingers...
> >
> >
> > I think it's more than a text size problem but
> ......
> > Some of the supplied fonts were installed at X
> installation.
> > So if there's one font package I should look for,
> or some other
> > font/icon /drawing handler I need to install ??  It
> just seems
> > odd that Mozilla 3 looks great, so I figure
> there's some "hook"
> > missing somewhere....
> >
> >
> > Any one with an idea how to fix it ?
> >
> >
> > thx,
> >
> > Walt........
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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