I haven't been posting anything here last week but now I have found something which may sound interesting to you. I've been searching Firefox stuff on the internet a lot lately. I love visiting mozillazine.org .People are friendly and there's always someone who can help you when you have problems with Firefox, extensions or theme development ect.
While reading the theme development forums I've come across an interesting article called: Custom themes and Personas at the same time is possible!
When I first saw the title I said to myself this probably requires some Firefox modifications but I was surprised to see that a developer with a nick name David.Vincent has developed and add-on which allows you to use a custom theme and a personas skin at the same time. I tried it and it works. There's only one tiny problem. It requires multiple restarts. Anyway the add-on is called Toggle Persona and you can download it from the Mozilla add-ons site or by clicking here : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-persona/
Here's how to use it :
This simple add-on install a button in the add-on bar.
With this button you can enable/disable Personas with one click (Grey : Persona disable - Blue : Persona enable).
This add-on works with default Firefox theme and all other themes (if they support Personas).
Instructions for personas for all themes :
* Choose a Personas in the galery (or in your themes manager if you already have downloaded personas)
* Restart Firefox.
* Select your theme in the theme manager.
* Restart Firefox.
* Enable Persona by clicking on the add-on bar button ('P' button icon must be blue).
* Restart Firefox.
* That's all. You have now a new style theme.
If you want to test an other persona, you must repeat all the steps from the beginning.
This
add-on avoid to enter in the 'about:config' and toggle the preference
'lightweightThemes.isThemeSelected' to true. For novice users it is
better, and confirmed users will save time.
If you have no Persona in the Themes Manager, the button will stay blue even if you click on it. It is not a bug.
If you don't want Persona display just for a moment, disable it with the button. Restart Firefox.
When
you want to come back to the Persona, no need to reinstall it. You have
just to enable Persona with the button. Restart Firefox.
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As you can see the developer has given very detailed information about how to use Toggle Persona. I tried it and everything works great! Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-persona/ ,give the add-on a try and give the developer credit (write a review or something) .He did a really really nice job. It's not easy to create add-ons, trust me! : )
Download Toggle Persona from : HERE!
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