Comment 6 for bug 805136

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 SeaMonkey/1.1.7
Build Identifier: Thunderbird release 2.0.0.9

I just purchased an Asus EeePC running Linux. The screen is 7" diagonal with a fixed resolution of 800x480.

For the "Account Settings" page under Thunderbird - Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings, many of the pages are just too tall to be able to input needed selections. This has sometimes happened on a Windows XP machine with a 19" monitor, but it generally is only the last slection or so and has not been a big problem.

But on the tiny screen, too many of the boxes are not visible. The screen can not be resized and can not be scrolled, making it virtually impossible to select some choices.

I was able to copy the file on to my windows machine, edit it using Thunderbird on that machine, and then re-copy it to the EeePC, but that should not be necessary.

Asus helpfully suggest that I connect the little computer to a larger monitor, but I doubt that is something most people want to do every time they need to change how often their e-mail is checked, etc.

I think one of three solutions are needed (in order of preference):

1) the windows need to be able to be resized and scroll - then they would work on any monitor.

2)The window needs to be split into two windows about half the height of the current windows.

3) An external editor need to be provided that can modify the parts that are not visible on a small screen.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Bring up Thunderbird
2. Click on Account Settings
3. Click on most any setting under an e-mail account listing and the window bleeds well below the bottom of the screen, but can not be reached.
Actual Results:
After you reach the Accounts Settings choices, the page is too big and the bottom portion can not be reached.

Expected Results:
You should be able to scroll or move the window to get to the additional choices on the bottom half of the page.

This problem sometimes shows up in builds of Thunderbird and Seamonkey - even on fairly large monitors, but only a small portion of the selection screen is cut off in those cases. For example, in Seamonkey 1.1.7 under Newsgroup and E-mail Account Settings, Local Folders, Server Settings - the page goes beyond the bottom of the frame and can not be reached (no scrolling or resizing).

I can submit screen shots if you think that would be helpful.