NS7- Compact - throbber

Greetings to all.

Have installed NS7 - Compact from Holger's site.

It seems to install with the "old" square Netscape throbber in the upper right corner.

According to Holger, you can replace the throbber with the new "Round" one by adding to the to the userChrome.css file

Please see the following:

http://www.hmetzger.de/etips6.html#410

I can't seem to get this to work. Has anyone tried it ? (and got it to work)

Thanks to all for any assistance.

regards

 

Hi captjlddavis,

In a word no I absolutely couldn't get it to work either! There must be something that we're missing, and no doubt embarrasssingly obvious!

Lemmeno if you ever get it to work. I was changing my Netscape 7 throbber to the ugly square one, BTW.

Ramona

 

I got it to work, only thing is, his directions can be a little confusing.

I apologize for covering much of the same ground, but I thought a walkthrough would help pinpoint where the problem is. I think it is in one of the last steps.

First thing, locate your user profile directory and go to the chrome folder. Mine is at C:\Documents and Settings\brooks\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\Brooks\x3gzb25a.slt\chrome

Either create a file in notepad called userChrome.css or use the sample one and rename it.

Now, download the .gif files and place them into the chrome directory. If the ones that you want are the rounded ones that he has linked to on his site, then use the following code rather than the example he lists. (He has the names wrong in his sample)

#navigator-throbber
{
list-style-image : url( "throbber-single.gif ") !important;
}
#navigator-throbber[busy= "true"]
{
list-style-image : url( "throbber-anim.gif ") !important;
}

The file must have that exact file name. After creating it, check to make sure that notepad has not added on a .txt extension.


Keep in mind that this will override the settings for other skins also, so if you download a different skin, you will still have that throbber. Right now, I have the skypilot classic skin with the netscape throbber. Not a pretty combo

 

Hi Brooks!

Thanks for your clarifying the instructions for us. Now maybe the Capt. and I can get our act together.

Ramona

 

Many thanks to Brooks for his instructions.

Works like a charm once you get the correct *.gif files in the folder

For the "ROUND" throbber the correct *.gif files are:

"throbber-anim.gif" & "Throbber-single.gif "

Again many thanks.

regards - captjim