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Old 10-09-2011, 01:04 PM   #1
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Opening window to specific size and loc, individually

Is it possible to put webpage shortcuts on my desktop, taskbar, bookmarks list that open with individual parameters for size and location? If Firefox cannot accomplish this would a different browser be able to?

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Re: Opening window to specific size and loc, individually

Putting shortcut on your desktop is accomplished by putting the desired site in your Bookmarks>Go to the far right and open up enough screen to see empty spot on your desktop (double arrow shows)>Drag Bookmark to desktop. As far as the parameters you mention, please further explain what you want to happen.

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I have an LCD TV as my secondary monitor and a bookmark to Netflix on the desktop of this monitor. When I double click on this specific bookmark I would like it to open Firefox maximized on this monitor. I also have a Gmail shortcut on my task bar and would like Firefox to open the gmail link non maximized and centered on my primary display. If this is possible I would set many different parameters for various websites instead of limiting it to three with three different web browsers which is what I am doing now.
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Re: Opening window to specific size and loc, individually

This would be one for the Mozilla development Team. Most of the complaints are that after setting to maximum, either an upgrade or "cleaner" causes FF to revert to minimum.
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I might not be explaining this properly. Firefox correctly remembers the last used size and location. After I close Firefox clicking on any website shortcut will open it to how it was when I last closed it. This is fine for most websites I visit and I would like this to continue with exceptions.

Netflix: I would like to ignore the previous window position and open to my specified settings for size and location for this shortcut. Meaning I would like to input someplace an instruction for this shortcut to open a window maximized on my secondary monitor. This way whenever I double click this shortcut I will always get the exact same placement regardless of where Firefox was when it was last used and regardless of any default Firefox behavior for opening a new window.

Say I am finished surfing the web and close all the pages and tabs. Now I want to watch a movie so I double click the Netflix shortcut on my desktop. I do not want it to remember last position and open on my primary monitor like all the other pages I was just visiting. i want it to have independant instructions specifically for this one shortcut and open maximized on my other monitor. I would like it to always do this, as a permanent setting only for this single shortcut/ bookmark.
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Re: Opening window to specific size and loc, individually

Unfortunately, I did understand and there is no solution short of obtaining the program code and modifying it. Your current method of using multiple browsers is a viable alternative.I'm sure you already figured out to rename each icon so it's easy to identify which one you want for each of the applications. You could alternatively use three different browsers if you get better results for the different URLs (i.e. FF for GMail, Chrome for Netflix, Opera for ???, IE for General Use).
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Ok I gotcha. Thanks for the reply's!

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