Certain WB skins causing Firefox screen to flash/vibrate

Very annoying

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Hello.

It happens with about half of the skins I try to use. Once I apply them, my Firefox screen shakes and vibrates very badly. I'm using the latest release of Firefox. I'm also using WindowBlinds 4.4. Has anyone heard of this problem before?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I get this problem too. I minimize the browser, restore it, and all is well. I think it's due to different skins using different sized window frames and/or tabs.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've tried that, and it doesn't help. It seems to randomly start and stop.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yea. I've seen that too. Sometimes it goes away by minimizin and restoring, sometimes I have to restart Firefox.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Btw. It only happends when applying a new skin while Firefox is running.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I am experiencing the same problem plus one more. The same skins that cause FireFox to vibrate also cause maximized windows to extend well beyond the right side of my secondary monitor. I am running a two monitor system and when maximizing a window in the primary monitor the window maximizes correctly. The primary monitor is running at 1024 x 768 while the secondary monitor is running at 1280 x 1024. This really sucks because pretty much all of the skins I'd like to use are problematic. I'm hoping someone has a answer for this one because I think Window Blinds is an excellent program overall but if I have to deal with this issue for every skin I want to use I'll have to get rid of Window Blinds out of frustration.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have the same problem. I just excluded Firefox from being skinned by WindowBlinds.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think we need a patch...ps...Shakey, how did you exclude Firefox from being skinned?

Dr. J.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've had the same problem after applying certain WindowBlinds skins (I'm using the version 4.5 demo) with Firefox, and I found an easy way to fix the problem is to refresh the page you're currently viewing. If you have more than one tab open, you'll need to refresh those as well. I don't know if that'll fix your problem, but it's worth a shot

Also, for Dr. J., I know you asked Shakey (the Original) for an answer, but I hope you don't mind letting me answer. To exclude Firefox from being skinned, open the WindowBlinds Advanced Configuration window (double click the icon in the system tray if there's one there, or open it through the Start Menu), click 'Per Application' which can be found under the 'Settings' heading, click the 'Add per application setting', navigate to the Firefox folder, and double-click firefox.exe. In the window that pops up after you do that, you can choose which exclusion settings you want to use. Hopefully that helps
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have this problem as well...and as I mentioned in another thread, just open a new tab and go to any random site (I just click on some bookmark in the toolbar) and once it loads, the bouncing stops.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
#9 by Bebi Bulma
Saturday, February 26, 2005

I have this problem as well...and as I mentioned in another thread, just open a new tab and go to any random site (I just click on some bookmark in the toolbar) and once it loads, the bouncing stops.


Doesn't fix it. Only way I've found to fix it is to exclude Firefox from being skinned, and hope that you can find a comparable standalone skin for FF.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It always works for me. *shrug*

Taking the few seconds to load a new tab to fix the jumping is fine for me to be able to have firefox matching my windowblinds theme.