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Reply #26 March 26, 2015 7:10:40 AM
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Bei mir tritt das gleiche Problem mit Firefox auf. Scheinbar haben die Programmierer gar nix gefixt sondern einfach die 8.1 nach langer Zeit einfach so rausgehaun. Firefox crasht gleich nach dem ich Firefox gestartet hab.

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Reply #27 March 26, 2015 7:18:03 AM
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Quoting knuddibeier,
reply 26

Bei mir tritt das gleiche Problem mit Firefox auf. Scheinbar haben die Programmierer gar nix gefixt sondern einfach die 8.1 nach langer Zeit einfach so rausgehaun. Firefox crasht gleich nach dem ich Firefox gestartet hab.

Translation: Same problem occurs here with FF. Seems like the programmers did not fix anything at all, just thrown out 8.1 after a while.

FF does crash right after i start it 

 

 

benmanns: I wonder what happend to my reported chrome issue...is chrome to powerfull?
I just dont understand why you cant find a solution to the problem or get in contact with the developers to solve the pixel gap issue.
If i use WB im kinda forced to one of those lesser browsers to have a decent experience on my OS 

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Reply #28 March 26, 2015 7:25:08 AM
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Quoting benmanns,
reply 27

Quoting knuddibeier,
reply 26

Bei mir tritt das gleiche Problem mit Firefox auf. Scheinbar haben die Programmierer gar nix gefixt sondern einfach die 8.1 nach langer Zeit einfach so rausgehaun. Firefox crasht gleich nach dem ich Firefox gestartet hab.



Same problem occurs here with FF. Seems like the programmers did not fix anything at all, just thrown out 8.1 after a while.

FF does crash right after i start it 





 

Which addins do you have in firefox, do you have any tools running which alter Direct3D settings in games and is this normal firefox NOT firefox developer edition?

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Reply #29 March 26, 2015 9:48:56 AM
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Quoting benmanns,
reply 27

Quoting knuddibeier,
reply 26

Bei mir tritt das gleiche Problem mit Firefox auf. Scheinbar haben die Programmierer gar nix gefixt sondern einfach die 8.1 nach langer Zeit einfach so rausgehaun. Firefox crasht gleich nach dem ich Firefox gestartet hab.



Translation: Same problem occurs here with FF. Seems like the programmers did not fix anything at all, just thrown out 8.1 after a while.

FF does crash right after i start it 

 

 

benmanns: I wonder what happend to my reported chrome issue...is chrome to powerfull?
I just dont understand why you cant find a solution to the problem or get in contact with the developers to solve the pixel gap issue.
If i use WB im kinda forced to one of those lesser browsers to have a decent experience on my OS 

The pixel gap issue IS fixed with Chrome as long as you have a modern graphics card (DX11 capable).  If your card is DX9 it will remain.

If it is still there then please uninstall WB, Reboot (Critical), and reinstall WB as it may be some files have not been replaced.

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Reply #30 March 26, 2015 9:50:35 AM
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Quoting emanresu,
reply 23

I am afraid we do not support prerelease software like firefox developer edition.  If you can reproduce the problem with the release version of firefox then please let us know.



Just installed standard Firefox 36.0.4 and amazingly, it works. But note:

 

 

    • Waterfox 36.0.1 still does not work and it is not pre-release software either.

 

    • I still cannot use WindowBlinds because I use Firefox Developer Edition for business.

 


 

I have checked here and Waterfox 36.0.1 is working just fine on a Windows 8 test box.  Firefox developer edition is not, but as I have said I think that's being upset by the normal firefox fixes.

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Reply #31 March 26, 2015 10:50:32 AM
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why does mine say 8.09

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Reply #32 March 26, 2015 11:15:36 AM
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Quoting sureshot106,
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why does mine say 8.09

If yours says that then it has not been updated properly.

Can you uninstall, reboot and then reinstall.

How did you install originally?  From standalone installer, or via ObjectDesktopManager?

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Reply #33 March 26, 2015 1:57:20 PM
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Brad had me run a purge tool, reboot, and reinstall WindowBlinds. I chose one of the default skins and rebooted again for good measure; didn't change any other settings. It didn't change the results—Firefox Developer Edition and Waterfox both still crash immediately.

I ran the SD Support Tool and sent the results to Brad in the hope that it will assist in reproducing the issue.

I can make do with standard Firefox for now, since I figured out how to run two instances simultaneously (with the -no-remote command line parameter); one with my Waterfox profile and one with my Developer Edition profile. Still would really like to see this fixed soon.

 

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Reply #34 March 26, 2015 4:00:35 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 29


Quoting benmanns,
reply 27




Quoting knuddibeier,

reply 26


Bei mir tritt das gleiche Problem mit Firefox auf. Scheinbar haben die Programmierer gar nix gefixt sondern einfach die 8.1 nach langer Zeit einfach so rausgehaun. Firefox crasht gleich nach dem ich Firefox gestartet hab.



Translation: Same problem occurs here with FF. Seems like the programmers did not fix anything at all, just thrown out 8.1 after a while.

FF does crash right after i start it 

 

 

benmanns: I wonder what happend to my reported chrome issue...is chrome to powerfull?
I just dont understand why you cant find a solution to the problem or get in contact with the developers to solve the pixel gap issue.
If i use WB im kinda forced to one of those lesser browsers to have a decent experience on my OS 



The pixel gap issue IS fixed with Chrome as long as you have a modern graphics card (DX11 capable).  If your card is DX9 it will remain.

If it is still there then please uninstall WB, Reboot (Critical), and reinstall WB as it may be some files have not been replaced.

awesome will try that

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Reply #35 March 26, 2015 5:02:28 PM
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We have an update in internal testing which should address firefox developer edition crashing and other derivatives based on the beta firefox 37.

I believe this will be slipstreamed vs having a different version, but I will post here when it is ready.

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Reply #36 March 26, 2015 6:22:35 PM
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Neil, as usual, you are awesome. Thanks for all you do.

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Reply #37 March 26, 2015 11:18:30 PM
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I've updated twice now from the stardock store and mine still says version 8.06

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Reply #38 March 27, 2015 12:30:47 AM
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Have you tried running a register clean up after uninstall before reinstalling 

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Reply #39 March 27, 2015 1:30:04 AM
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Just FTR, Neil's professionalism is second to none.  He's a gentleman in the truest sense of the word.  Fourteen years I've been observing here, he's never once been anything but.

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Reply #40 March 27, 2015 7:31:45 AM
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Hi!

Opera Browser Title Bar Bug - see screenshot here.

Opera Browser 28 on WIndows 8.1 Pro x64 with WindowBlinds8 (8.1 035 x64-Edition).

Fresh isntalled - after system rebuild. No previous version installed.

 

Friendly greets from germany

Basti 

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Reply #41 March 27, 2015 8:19:56 AM
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Quoting seschwarz,
reply 40

Hi!

Opera Browser Title Bar Bug - see screenshot here.

Opera Browser 28 on WIndows 8.1 Pro x64 with WindowBlinds8 (8.1 035 x64-Edition).

Fresh isntalled - after system rebuild. No previous version installed.

 

Friendly greets from germany

Basti 

I have just checked here and see no issues with Opera 28 and WB 8.1.  The titlebars seem to be skinning just fine.  Could you contact support@stardock.com so they can collect some more information please.

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Reply #42 March 27, 2015 8:32:25 AM
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I can not reproduce that issue. Sometimes it's there, sometimes not. Often it appears when I am closing Opera for 1 or 2 times.

More information I do not have, sorry for that. Have to unload an reload WB manually. That's really not the sense of the program.^^

 

In general I am happy with WB. Hope the information helps.

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Reply #43 March 27, 2015 8:37:02 AM
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@ knuddibeier gerade wird ein update intern getestet das eventuelle Fehler mit der FF developer Version behebt, ruhig Blut bis dahin
Ps: Ein schönes Wochenende 

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Reply #44 March 27, 2015 8:40:25 AM
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Quoting seschwarz,
reply 42

I can not reproduce that issue. Sometimes it's there, sometimes not. Often it appears when I am closing Opera for 1 or 2 times.

More information I do not have, sorry for that. Have to unload an reload WB manually. That's really not the sense of the program.^^

 

In general I am happy with WB. Hope the information helps.

Oh are you seeing this when applying a WB skin with opera open?

If you have switched from the OS skin to a WB skin you will need to close all instances of Opera and open new ones.  This is due to their sandboxing system.  This also applies to Google Chrome.  Switching from a WB skin to another WB skin does not require that.

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Reply #45 March 29, 2015 2:31:30 PM
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Well I also am a longtime window blinds and Stardock user and a really upset about the issue in not seeing the bar in Firefox, on top. I am using windowblinds 8.1 and problem is still not fixed. It's beginning to seem like a waste of money to me also.

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Reply #46 March 29, 2015 6:52:42 PM
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There are clearly machine/driver differences to be accounted for, since two of my Win7 Pro rigs run Pale Moon without any WB 8.1 issues and one rig has a recurring transparent titlebar in PM.  It gets skinned correctly by re-applying WB from the config dialog.  Is that the case for you, terry696?

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Reply #47 March 30, 2015 1:02:59 PM
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@benmanns danke für die Info hab sowieso momentan nur aero style von win7 an in der Zeit.

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Reply #48 March 30, 2015 4:15:56 PM
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Just to keep this thread up to date....

Brad asked me to try turning off hardware acceleration. This prevented the immediate crash in both Firefox Developer and Waterfox, but the titlebar issue remains. And I don't want to run without hardware acceleration.

 

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Reply #49 March 30, 2015 4:28:21 PM
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Further to the above....

The titlebar issue reappears in standard 32-bit Firefox when hardware acceleration is turned off.

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Reply #50 March 30, 2015 4:54:05 PM
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can we make it so i can do this on windows 10 not going back to 8 just to run a update

 

 

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