NewsFox

This forum is for sharing and discussing customization of NewsFox.

Since version 0.7, the file textview.css in the newsfox folder in your profile folder has allowed customization of the view-pane of NewsFox. An explanation is here. The feature was improved in version 0.8.1.

Since version 0.8.2, image files placed in the images subfolder of the newsfox folder have been able to replace skin image files. With version 1.0, it is also possible to replace mail.png and encl-*.png as well.

In version 1.0, the file newsfox.css in the newsfox folder will be a global stylesheet. In particular, it will apply to NewsFox. Previously, some people have used stylish(Firefox extension) to style NewsFox. It is now much easier. Since the file is a global CSS file it is a good idea to put @-moz-document url("chrome://newsfox/content/newsfox.xul") { /* CSS goes here */ } around your CSS.

There will be a post to the feed describing the feature.

The current NewsFox developers are more into function than style. If there are some good styles here, maybe one will become the default NewsFox style.

The first attachment on forum posts becomes an enclosure in the feed post, so use judgement as to which attachment to put first.

Possible attachments:
-screenshot
-zip(7z, gz, ...) file containing newsfox.css, textview.css, image folder
-newsfox.css
-textview.css

I have attached a screenshot(first, so users can see if it is interesting) and a zip file with a newsfox.css, textview.css, and image folder. This is mostly just to indicate some of the possibilities - my setup doesn't look anything like this. Neither of the images in the image folder are used by the style or NewsFox - they are just as an example. I do use two images in newsfox.css(which are the two enclosed images), but they are enclosed in the CSS file itself by making them data URIs (see http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data for example).

Normally for speed and less clutter I like to see articles in the reading pane in text mode.

BUT... when I want to look at the article some more I like to switch it to HTML display. What I would really like to be able to do is to double click on the line in the subject pane to get it to switch from text to html. Ideally if I then double click again it does the current behaviour of opening a new tab with the article.

Any idea on how to do this?

Cheers,

Harry

I would like to have NewsFox open on the right side of my browser rather than the left. Is there a way to do this?

Is there a way to display the complete news article in the lower reading pane rather than providing a link to the article?

How do I get it back? I've gotten rid of the one in the status bar.

Gah! Thay it went away sucks and I think firefox ate it.

I figured out how to add it back. It's a function of firefox, right click on the navigation toolbar and pick the newsfox icon and drag and drop it back in.

Thanks for a great program.

The notifier for new feeds don't works ?

I'm getting brownish red text instead of black on unread articles. How do I change this back to the previous version's coloring? I have 1.01.

This should not have happened without asking.