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firefox package

Firefox icon is too big

Bug #72458 reported by Tom Harris
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Alexander Sack

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

Drag the Firefox icon onto the desktop: it's far too big compared to other icons.

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Tom Harris (tom-harris) wrote :

Attached a screenshot

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Alex Latchford (alex.latchford) wrote :

Hello Tom,

Thank you for the bug report, I can confirm that this bug report.

Thanks, Alex.

Changed in firefox:
assignee: nobody → mozillateam
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Freddy Martinez (freddymartinez9) wrote :

I can *not* confirm this on a Kubuntu Edgy system.This is probably a GTK bug.

David Farning (dfarning)
Changed in firefox:
importance: Undecided → Low
David Farning (dfarning)
Changed in firefox:
assignee: mozillateam → mozilla-bugs
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Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu) wrote :

Is this still an issue for you? We are trying to trying sort out the older Mozilla issues and would like to know if this still happens.

Changed in firefox:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Tom Harris (tom-harris) wrote :

I can confirm this still exists in Feisty

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Pedro I. Sanchez (pirivan) wrote :

The same problem with the Thunderbird icon. Both icons are too big (running Feisty).

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Tom May (launchpad-sleepyhammer) wrote :

My five year old dragged the icon to the desktop and immediately said "this icon is too big". If it's too big for a preschooler, it's too big.

He's running 7.04. He's not sure whether that's Feisty or what, and doesn't know how to figure it out.

The firefox icon can be shrunk to about 44x44 with right-click stretch icon, but that's still big compared to other icons that can be shrunk to 32x32 or smaller. I had to edit firefox.desktop and set Icon=/usr/share/firefox/icons/mozicon50.xpm for him.

It would be great if Nautilus allowed icons to be shrunk further, and if it pre-shrunk icons to a reasonable size, and if it allowed the icon file to be easily changed, but this probably isn't the right place to suggest that.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

an outstanding app needs an outstanding icon :) ... no, seriously, I think this should be fixed and I will take a look at it.

Changed in firefox:
assignee: mozilla-bugs → asac
status: Needs Info → In Progress
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Ar Bri (har4-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I can confirm this on Feisty Fawn (64 bit), Firefox 2.0.0.4 . I'd like to fix this bug, if someone helps me as I'm new to this sort of thing.

Changed in firefox:
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Ar Bri (har4-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Additional info: It can be re-sized to a smaller size, but the default size is too big.

Ar Bri (har4-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in firefox:
assignee: asac → harshith-aranya4
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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

Thank you for all the info on this report, we are now looking at fixing this for gutsy.

Changed in firefox:
assignee: har4 → mozilla-bugs
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ricardobaquara (ricardobaquara) wrote :

Well, i think the firefox icon should be scalable (like the other system icons).

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

committed to firefox bzr branch

Changed in firefox:
assignee: mozilla-bugs → asac
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Alexander Sack (asac)
Changed in firefox:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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