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    AlienGUIse with FireFox4

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Blood Awaits, May 30, 2011.

  1. Blood Awaits

    Blood Awaits Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, so I just have a few minor issues, all focused on Firefox 4 since I've been using AlienGUIse (the GUI that Dell offers for Windows 7).

    The first problem is slightly hard to explain, essentially, Firefox has it's own "Window bar" and when I select Firefox 4 by clicking on the Tab Bar only that Window Bar shows, however if for example I move my mouse over the Start Option, the Default Windows Bar shows, ASWELL as the Firefox one, meaning I have a bar floating above the Firefox one that doesn't actually do anything.

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    Finally, when I right click and hover over an option, it says highlighted, but a very ugly color with illegible text. This goes away if move my mouse away from the drop down box, but still, it's annoying.

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    If anyone has any solutions to these problems, I would highly appreciate it.
     
    Blood Awaits, May 30, 2011
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  2. mfractal

    mfractal T|I

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    excuse the sarcasm, but i think the only solution would be to uninstall it alltogether :)
     
    mfractal, May 30, 2011
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  3. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    I 2nd that, it's been a pain since the begining!
     
    katalin_2003, May 30, 2011
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  4. imbasic

    imbasic Notebook Enthusiast

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    While this is a solution. It is not a fix. Since my problem is similar with the added flickering and parts of the browser GUI blacking out I am hoping somebody has a fix. This for me is happening in both Firefox 4 and IE 9.

    IE 9 is a little hard to uninstall. Edit: I guess it is a little easier than I though to uninstall IE 9.

    I am pretty sure that it a graphical error of some sort that only has to do with the browser's since all other programs and apps I launch are good to go.

    I am troubleshooting now but if anybody has any suggestions it would be helpful.

    Thanks.
     
    imbasic, May 30, 2011
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  5. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    We just told you as you're not the only one with problems, every now and then threads are made around this theme that causes glitches, flickering etc. in different situations.
     
    katalin_2003, May 30, 2011
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  6. imbasic

    imbasic Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK are you talking about uninstalling AlienGUIse not Firefox 4?

    scook9 mentioned that it might have something to do with hardware acceleration these browser's have.
     
    imbasic, May 30, 2011
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  7. Krakatoa_Coo

    Krakatoa_Coo Notebook Guru

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    i had this problem also.. i just put the aero theme back on since the Breed theme (correct?) isn't as good looking as the others....
     
    Krakatoa_Coo, May 30, 2011
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  8. imbasic

    imbasic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you Krakatoa_Coo,

    The Breed theme is the problem.
     
    imbasic, Jun 1, 2011
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    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    or in the settings of the program, exclude the programs that are giving you the issue.
     
    steve1ddd, Jun 1, 2011
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  10. imbasic

    imbasic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks steve1ddd,

    I had not realized that there was an exclude option.
     
    imbasic, Jun 2, 2011
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  11. Irule

    Irule Notebook Enthusiast

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    I used to have the same problem until I switched the skin from the default to Lavafox.
     
    Irule, Jun 5, 2011
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