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Hello,

we haven't used Firefox as embedded web browser extensively... But now my wife discovered few sites about cooking& recipes and now my task is to bring it to Dianemo (probably similar also applies for LMCE).


I wonder if I can make embedded Firefox more touch screen friendly ?  The biggest problems are small buttons, sliders at the side, etc...
Is there any possibility (config options) to increase those little widgets to be more usable on touch screen ? 
Any other workaround to bring web sites to main touch screen ?

Thanks in advance,
regards,
bulek.

Thanks in advance,

regards,

Bulek.

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Re: Firefox: can I make it more touch screen friendly ? (Dianemo, LMCE)
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2015, 04:44:22 pm »
Even if the link is for windows, maybe it helps you as well. The google search term was: Firefox skin touch friendly.

http://winaero.com/blog/make-your-desktop-firefox-touch-friendly-with-the-finger-friendly-theme-for-firefox/

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Re: Firefox: can I make it more touch screen friendly ? (Dianemo, LMCE)
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2015, 01:39:43 am »
Hi,

thanks for a tip...

Has anyone tried tis under LMCE or Dianemo ?

Thanks in advance,
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Bulek.
Thanks in advance,

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Bulek.

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Re: Firefox: can I make it more touch screen friendly ? (Dianemo, LMCE)
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2015, 12:27:12 am »
Hi,

Quite some add-ons meant for touch screen friendliness of Firefox are not maintained anymore. But I found one quite useful tool -
Grab&Drag :

    http://www.micropctalk.com/2008/02/24/grab-and-drag-add-on-for-firefox/

It solves the problem with small page slider on the right side... Now WAF has increased...

Regards,
Bulek.
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« Last Edit: January 27, 2015, 01:27:48 am by bulek »
Thanks in advance,

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Bulek.

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Re: Firefox: can I make it more touch screen friendly ? (Dianemo, LMCE)
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2015, 09:56:48 am »
bulek,

thanks for the feedback, and glad to be of help.

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Re: Firefox: can I make it more touch screen friendly ? (Dianemo, LMCE)
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2015, 10:56:30 am »
Hello,

we haven't used Firefox as embedded web browser extensively... But now my wife discovered few sites about cooking& recipes and now my task is to bring it to Dianemo (probably similar also applies for LMCE).


I wonder if I can make embedded Firefox more touch screen friendly ?  The biggest problems are small buttons, sliders at the side, etc...
Is there any possibility (config options) to increase those little widgets to be more usable on touch screen ? 
Any other workaround to bring web sites to main touch screen ?

Thanks in advance,
regards,
bulek.

**Hmm...Posde pointed out I may have misunderstood your post originally. Having re-read it (while not doing 2 other things!) I think I did in fact misunderstand you as you are referring to how Firefox Embedded renders controls on a touch device for any Web page, and my original response was purely about our HTML5 based Athena UI. So I've removed my original post.

All the best

Andy
« Last Edit: January 27, 2015, 12:11:12 pm by totallymaxed »
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