Thanks to all of you! Pressing f12 solved my problem, but I will try to get a better understanding of the things everyone mentioned. I'm not really a Gnome expert, current circumstance has moved me to Gnome desktop for my regular laptop. -jmz On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > You might also check to see if you are running maximus or some other addon > that is mostly intended for netbooks to maximize your use of screen real > estate.  BTW, that is standard for distros like ubuntu NBR (UNR) > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>  Whenever I maximize Firefox in Ubuntu, it takes up my whole desktop. >>  Its really irritating because I have to press Alt-F9 to minimize it, >> as the window controls are gone (it super maximizes it, the header on >> the window is not visible nor is the other Gnome desktop controls). >> Any ideas on why this is happening?  This is the Gnome environment. >> >> thanks, jmz >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >  - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss