Package: firefox, iceweasel Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.7-2 Severity: wishlist
Hello, On laptops, some the synaptics touchpads have horizontal scroll abilities. By default, Firefox/Iceweasel interprets horizontal scroll "clicks" as forward/backward or interprets them badly[1][2]. If the following changes are done in the configuration, the synaptics touchpad will work by default in firefox. mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action=0 and mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines=true This would be useful to be set by default system wide, or in the default profile preferences. So the proposal is to test in postinst if the system is a laptop (or has synaptics or alps) and add the configuration lines above (after asking confirmation via debconf, a low importance template) in one of: /etc/firefox/pref/firefox.js /etc/firefox/profile/prefs.js This way, 7-button-mouse people can use their mouses as they please, while laptop users can use the horizontal scroll by default, if available. I don't think there is a possibility that laptop users would use a 7-8-buttoned-mouse, so I guess the assumption is safe. OTOH, probably setting this as default on all systems it would be also a sane default. [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad#Horizontal_Scroll_Issues_with_Firefox [2] http://www.suseforums.net/lofiversion/index.php/t21344.html -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64 Locale: LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ro_RO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages firefox depends on: ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii fontconfig 2.4.1-2 generic font configuration library ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.2.4-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.4.1-2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.20-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-4 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-19 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-4 X11 client-side library ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxp6 1:1.0.0.xsf1-1 X Printing Extension (Xprint) clie ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii psmisc 22.3-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime firefox recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
