firefox and windows minimizing help


  1. Posts : 246
    windows 7 64bit build 7600
       #1

    firefox and windows minimizing help


    not sure if its possible but when theres a video like bbc iplayer or youtube playing on the second monitor/tv in fullscreen and i click on my main monitor desktop the video playing reverts back to standard size,
    is there anyway of keeping it fullscreen while im working on my main monitor?
    thanks
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  2. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #2

    Ugh I HATE that too, but it's not a FF issue, happens in IE too. It's a flash issue

    As soon as the flash fullscreen loses focus it reverts back.

    Almost as bad as the iTunes player that will not play fullscreen on a second monitor even if you full screen it from there.

    In this day and age, a lot of coders still don't bother to be multi monitor friendly.
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  3. Posts : 246
    windows 7 64bit build 7600
    Thread Starter
       #3

    is there no work around either?
    seems like it should be quite easy to implement, its 2010 and i was watching a video about how there making the Minority Report interface real but you cant watch flash video's on a second monitor in fullscreen while working on your main monitor!
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  4. Posts : 1,018
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #4

    I know, that's an annoyance. Unfortunately, I don't know of a working fix. What I do sometimes, though this is usually more trouble than it's worth but if it's a YouTube video, I'll use a downloader and then watch it in WMP.
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  5. Posts : 246
    windows 7 64bit build 7600
    Thread Starter
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    yeh i thought of that aswell m8 but really shouldnt need to,
    what is the reasoning behind having flash like this anyone know?
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  6. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #6

    I havent found a way, flash simply aborts fullscreen when you remove focus.

    I presume that they figure in a single screen scenario you can't click on anything else, but if you want to get rid of the screen, alt+tabing to another app will minimize it. Most other people rely on the Esc key for that. They probably think its a feature, but when you have dual monitors it blows (My second one is my TV)

    "Hey Adobe! Maybe I DO want to watch a full screen flash video on one monitor while typing on the other screen thank you!" :)

    Anyway, sorry I can't help, but I'll be watching in case someone knows of a flash reg hack that'll fix it or something...
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