But you can do better. Nvu lead engineer Daniel Glazman has developed a Firefox add-on called FullerScreen. Once you install it, hitting F11 will make everything but the web page you're currently looking at disappear.
But wait, you say, I need my tabs and menu bars. Well, you could always just hit F11 to toggle back and forth between fullscreen and windowed mode. But if you move your cursor over the top of the screen, you'll see your toolbars and tabs. Ditto for the bottom of the screen.
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4-07-2007 @ 12:18AM
Brandon said...
Got it, love it.
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4-07-2007 @ 12:18AM
jaxager said...
Uhh, yeah. Doesn't IE7 already do that? A lot of people down on IE7, but I think it works just fine.
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4-07-2007 @ 12:18AM
Cartman2 said...
Troll much jaxager? Not everyone wants to use IE 7, and perhaps you aren't aware but IE 7 only runs on Windows and not everyone runs Windows either. Try to be more constructive in the future.
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4-07-2007 @ 12:19AM
ModusOperandi said...
Conversely, not everyone wants to use Firefox (like me, because it's had to make some compromises in the looks department to be cross-platform.) Besides, there are other browsers, like Opera, which happen to have it built in.
Though that is the beauty of Firefox, ship a very lightweight browser "core" and let everyone pack it with the featureset they want through extensions.
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4-07-2007 @ 6:55AM
vinkap said...
Another FF extension that does the same - "AutoHide".
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4-07-2007 @ 12:43PM
Scott said...
This is a great extension! One area that I preferred IE over FF in was the full-screen view, because in IE all the toolbars hide in full-screen mode. But now, this extension provides the same functionality. Thanks for mentioning it!
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4-07-2007 @ 7:35PM
Andre said...
Didn't you guys give practically the same extension away a few months ago?
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4-07-2007 @ 7:36PM
james 42 said...
IE7? IE6 had it, I think IE5 had it, hell, IE4 may of had it too.
So don't jump all over jaxager for pointing out that IE has had one (and only) better feature then FF for years.
Talk about trolls...
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4-08-2007 @ 4:38PM
epobirs said...
It's called kiosk mode. It's been in IE for a few generations.
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4-09-2007 @ 11:34AM
D said...
I recommend AutoHide.
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4-10-2007 @ 12:07AM
Kidtamer said...
To jaxager: if IE7 is so great....go use it! I wish you luck. As mentioned elsewhere in this blog, not everyone uses Windows and they are probably happier for it!
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4-11-2007 @ 9:26PM
Kidtamer said...
I didn't mean to offend. I have had such rotten luck with Internet Explorer that I am a bit bitter about it. I really don't care for version 7 either. Just too many bugs and it made my new computer crash several times. That computer is running XP Pro, MCE. I am experimenting with Linux now on a different machine and, as you know, Firefox is the default browser. I have used FF for a long time and overall find it to be far better and more stable. I also like the fact that when bugs are reported, they get on the fix ASAP where MS takes their sweet time about it. That's just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions! LOL
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