Have a love for the default Firefox 3 theme (also known as Strata) but just wish it was all one color? If you find yourself in this proverbial boat - I have some good news. You now have several different colors to choose from when it comes to using the default Firefox theme.
So what do you think of these more colorful versions of the default Firefox 3 theme?
Want to have the power of your bookmark collection right at your fingertips? SiteLauncher will allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts to all your favorite bookmarks.
To launch, all you have to do is hit Ctrl+Space (or for the Mac users Ctrl+Alt). If you want to use it without the graphical launcher above, use Shift+Alt (or Shift+Ctrl for the Mac users).
Some of the best features include the ability to customize the appearance, set the launcher to open in current or new tabs, set the launcher up as your homepage and you can add as many sites to it as you need to.
You can get more information about it via the official web site, and download it via the Firefox Add-ons site. It is nice to see a good looking and well thought out extension - and this one fits the bill.
What Firefox tips, tricks and reviews did December bring out way? Well, there is no doubt that Firefox closed out the year doing better than ever. Here are some of the highlights we shared together here on FirefoxFacts.com in the month of December - one more time.
Useful Firefox Add-ons
Mozilla and Firefox News
Best of the Best Firefox Tools
Firefox Themes
Firefox Tweaks, Hacks and Tips
From everybody at Firefox Facts (which I am pretty sure, that is just me) I want to wish all the Firefox fans out there who come in and visit or subscribe to the RSS feed a very happy new year!
Also, be sure to check out the best web hosting podcasts of 2008 too! Great list of great shows!
Need an easier way to keep in touch with your friends on the Web? You have your Twitter add-ons and your Facebook add-ons. What about one that promises to connect them all? That is what the Friendbar add-on for Firefox is all about.
The nice thing here is that it displays a running stream of text and photo updates from Facebook and Twitter right on the toolbar, and allows you to post updates and reply from the toolbar itself.
Some of the features included are:
For those people out there having a hard time managing their friends from one web site to the next, this experimental add-on from Firefox can come in really handy. I would like to see them add support for other social networks down the line - but since this is still a brand spanking new add-on for Firefox, I am sure even more updates are yet to come.
You can pick the Friendbar up via the Firefox add-ons web site.
Remember Prism? It was the Mozilla powered application that let you turn any web page into a desktop application. Not much has happened since it was released, however many other browsers have started looking in that direction (merging the web and the desktop program list). So what about Firefox?
It appears there are plans to include “Prism-like features” into a future release of Firefox.
The plan thus far is to help users discover when they might want to make a web application into a desktop application. For example, if you use Google Reader a lot - after so many uses, Firefox may suggest to you, “Would you like to make Google Reader a desktop application?” or “Would you like to add Google Reader to your Quick Launch bar?”.
I like the idea - and I can’t wait to see it happen. How about you? (Source: Download Squad)
After all the stress of the holidays, and before you start getting stressed about taxes - you need a way to relax. How do I relax? I play games. Want to turn Firefox into your own personal arcade? Here are a more than a few extensions to help you along the way.
PONG! Multiplayer - Play a game of PONG! while you are waiting. (also see the PingPong add-on)
Cards - A collection of patience (i.e. single-player) card games. Included are: Aces Up, Black Widow, Canfield, Demon, Double Klondike, Double Solitaire, Grounds for Divorce, Fan, Forty Thieves, FreeCell, Golf, Gypsy, Klondike, Maze, Mod 3, Montana…
Pacman - The Retro Extension. Yet another Pacman-clone. (Also check out PagMan)
Clines - Clines, a little game. (with dots!)
Mozteroids - Mozteroids is a variant of the computer game classic Asteroids.
Xultris - Xultris is a variant of the computer game classic Tetris.
Snake - Snake is a clone of the popular Snake or Worm…
Xoom - a top-down racing game with simple graphics, but tons of fun.
Red vs. Blue - The goal of this little game is to sort all red dots to left side and all blue dots to right side. Do this as fast as possible.
Froggr - Froggr is a clone of the classic Frogger.
There are tons of free flash games out there too, so to help you with those - I have another add-on that is worth mentioning. Flash Game Maximizer does exactly what it claims to do. It maximizes the flash game you are playing to fill the entire browser. Also, you can’t forget about FireNES, which (last time I checked) allowed you to play tons of old NES titles.
Have any other favorite games you can play from within Firefox?
If you are in search for a new dark theme to replace your Christmas themed one you got last week, have no fear - I have a good one for you. Glaze Black is a simple and flat theme for Firefox. Oh, did I mention it is black too? You can oooooh and awww at the screenshot below:
As you can see, it has a very simple look and feel to it (which is something I like to look for in a theme, personally). You can pick it up on the Firefox Add-ons web site and be sure to stop by and see the creator of the theme at theme-oasis.org.
As a ‘bit of an extra tip - you can pick up a white version of this same theme here.
This year for Christmas, I am doing things a little differently. Instead of actually getting presents for the thousands of readers we have coming in here daily (or my favorite 5,000 or so that subscribe to the free RSS feed). I wanted to give you the gift of two of my other projects you may or may not know about.
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I have no clue what avant.garde stands for, but I do have to say - no matter what you call it, this theme is colorful and unique.
I think that the theme creator describes the inspiration for this theme much better than I could do. So I made a theme based on the humble spiral, and I wanted it to be colorful and fun, but also inherently functional and practical. There are certainly colorful and fun themes out there, and there are definitely practical themes out there, but never both. Why? Or more to the point, why not? As one more surprise to toss in there - there are several flavors of this theme to choose too.
Choose Your Favorite Theme Flavor!
Click on the thumbnail above to check out that theme’s page on the Firefox Add-ons site. They are experimental themes, so you may have to login to Firefox’s site before you can download. I am looking forwad to seeing more themes by this interesting designer. Also, interested in hearing what you think about them too.
Ever have a Firefox add-on that just did not want to leave your PC? Most of the extensions to Firefox are really easy to remove, however sometimes you run into a situation where one is so bad or tricky, it just doesn’t want to let go. Here are some of the common ways to remove an add-on from Firefox.
The Traditional Way
The way you usually uninstall add-ons from Firefox is to go to Tools and then Add-ons from the menu bar. In the next Window, you should see your extensions (if not, hit the “Extensions” tab at the top). Now click on the one you wish to remove, and hit the button labeled “Uninstall”. You can do this several times if you need to get rid of several add-ons. Now, simply restart Firefox and your add-on in question should be removed.
Try Removing the Add-on via Safe Mode
Close out Firefox, and start up using Firefox’s safe mode. Try to use the traditional steps above then to remove the addon that is bugging you.
Checkout Add/Remove Programs
This might change some (depending on what version of Windows you are using) but these general directions should get you to the right spot. Click on the start menu (or windows globe) and go to the control panel. From there, you want to go to the “Add/Remove Programs” settings. Scroll down this list and see if you see the extension in question here that you can not remove via Firefox. Some toolbars and add-ons install themselves here, rather than the traditional add-ons menu from inside of Firefox.
Last (but not least) Remove the Add-on Manually
You can also remove add-ons manually, but I would leave this as a last resort. You will need to navigate to your Firefox profile folder. Once you make it there, look for a folder called “extensions”. Inside of that folder, you will see more folders with names that look like random ‘bit of text thrown together. Each folder represents an extension that has been installed. Go through each folder, and look for install.rdf. Open that up in your standard notepad program and it should tell you the name of the extension you are looking at. If you can’t find it, search the install.rdf for the phrase “em:name”. After that, the name of the extension should be given. You may also find a few themes inside this folder too. Once you find an install.rdf that matches that addon you want to remove, you can delete that extensions entire folder.
As you noticed, this pretty much covered things for the Windows people to some extent. If any Apple or Linux fans want to let me know how they do things, please drop in a comment and share with the group!
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