New versions of Bloody Red and Blue Fox

Hey it's my birthday tomorrow and I'm giving you presents! New version of Blue Fox and Bloody Red are now available! Download Version 11.0.29.02.12 of Blue Fox from: HERE!

*Added greater distinction between enabled and disabled add-ons in about:addons
*Fixed bug in the new style editor (Tools > Web Developer > Style Editor) in FF11
*Fixed bug in about:permissions
*Fixed text bug in about:memory
*Fixed tiny color bugs
*Fixed bug with Inspect Element

Download Version 11.0.28.02.12 of Bloody Red by clicking HERE!
*Added greater distinction between enabled and disabled add-ons in about:addons
*Fixed bug in the new style editor (Tools > Web Developer > Style Editor) in FF11
*Fixed bug in about:permissions
*Fixed text bug in about:memory
*Fixed tiny color bugs

To install the themes
1. Go to Tools-Add-ons manager
2. Drag and drop the archive in the Add-ons manager to install
3. Restart Firefox to see the changes

Enjoy : )

Firefox 9 is out - review! Merry Christmas and Happy new year!

Yup Mozilla keeps releasing new versions of Firefox every 6 weeks. This month Firefox 9 came out. Like I wrote in one of my previous posts I don't use the final releases and today updated to Firefox 10 beta.

So enough with what I use. Lets talk about what is new in Firefox 9 and why should you try it. It's 30% FASTER than Firefox 8 or at least that is the information all over the internet. Everyone says that Mozilla has improved the JavaScript page rendering by 30% which is a good thing. A lot of websites use tons and tons of Javascript code so in my opinion this is definitely a step forward. Again there is nothing new in terms of design and my Firefox themes are compatible with Firefox 10 beta even so it's ok to use them. :)

Finally I want to wish Merry Christmas and Happy new year to all my users, especially those of you who donated. Sure there's not much money but it's something. It's been a good year for my Firefox themes - design improvements, sub-skins, Firefox 4-5-6-7-8-9-10 support and not many bug reports. Thanks for using my themes. Best of luck and happy holidays! :)

Here comes the hero of Christmas!

Holidays are coming soon and unfortunately for me and all Firefox theme users we no longer have a custom Christmas theme. All that's left are some Personas backgrounds which in my opinion don't look that great when combined with the default theme. I have mentioned this before in one of my previous posts and what I've written is about to become a reality.

I am making a Christmas version of my Purple Fox theme ( preview below ).

In other words I will try to become the hero of Christmas and create a modified version of my Purple Fox theme which will include this awesome Christmas design. The idea came to me back in July when I was on a holiday with my family high in the Rila mountain.

All I can say is : I am happy with my theme. By far I have only created a custom toolbar background and I'll see if I can add custom Christmas icons to the add-ons manager as well. Also I will be uploading the theme around November 15th. It takes a week or two for an add-on to get reviewed. In other words you'll have a Christmas theme somewhere around November 20th. I will remove the Christmas version in January 2012. After that you should download the Classic Purple Fox theme with the 2 sub-skins.

Large preview of the theme: http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/536/large.png
More info soon. I'm looking forward your comments! : )

Firefox 8 is out! Review in few sentences.

Version 8.0 of our favourite browser has been released. The folks from Mozilla are following the fast release cycle. Soon I will be moving to Firefox 9 beta but I thought it would be nice to make a post about what is new in Firefox 8 is a few short sentences.

1. Again there are no changes in design so it safe to update. My themes are compatible. Hope you like them.
2. Speed has been slightly improved compared to version 7. It feels a bit faster.
3. Guys from Mozilla fixed some bugs

What's new in Firefox 8:

The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

• Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
• Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
• Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale support will be added in the future
• Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
• Improved performance and memory handling when using <audio> and <video> elements
• Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
• Added support for HTML5 context menus
• Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
• Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
• Improved WebSocket support
• Fixed several stability issues
• Fixed several security issues

Please see the complete list of changes in this version. Web and extension developers should also view the curated list of platform changes. You may also be interested in the list of changes in the previous version.

That's basically all users. Changes are not that big but I guess Mozilla is trying to take small steps in Firefox development. I still think that this should be version 4.0.4 but hey I'm just a theme developer. I can't do anything about this.

Have a nice day! : )

Custom themes and Personas at the same time is possible!

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!

Purple Fox theme pack released - 3 themes in one!

Yup the Purple Fox theme pack is finally here! Latest version (7.0.17.09.11) includes 2 more Purple Fox skins, new tab group window design and few minor bug fixes.

When you download the theme from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/purple-fox/  you install the Purple Fox classic design which you might be familiar with. Here's how to use the other two awesome looking new Purple Fox designs!

To use the subskin you need to add a line of code to your userChrome.css document. It's really simple. userChrome.css is a file that you can edit to tweak the appearance of Firefox. When Firefox starts up, it reads this file and then applies any commands you may have added to this file.

The file is located in C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.tea\chrome\ . If you don't have it create a new document with notepad and name it userChrome.css .After that paste in the directory written above.

Purple Fox has two lines of code which can add. You can add one at a time. You can't use the two new designs at the same time.
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Purple Fox design 1

In order to use the first Purple Fox design (image on the right) simple add this line of code to your userChrome.css document!

@import url("chrome://browser/skin/skins/skin1.css");

If Firefox is open close and start it again to see the changes. If your Firefox is already closed just paste the code, start it and you shall see the difference.

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Purple Fox design 2

Same goes for design 2 (image on the left). Simply add this code to your userChrome.css document.

@import url("chrome://browser/skin/skins/skin2.css");

If Firefox is open close and start it again to see the changes. If your Firefox is already closed just paste the code, start it and you shall see the changes.


Also this version includes new tab group window design. (image below) Enjoy and have a nice day!

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Less time for themes till July 2012!

I have bad news for you users.My last year at school has started. From this day probably till July I'll have less time to work on my themes. I have exams at the end of the year and as much as I don't like exams and school I have to focus on that for awhile. I'll try to support the themes as well. There might be slight delays but I'll try to make them compatible with newer versions of Firefox as soon as possible.

Please be patient and try to understand cuz I don't think some people do. Real life is more important than a Firefox theme!

Just wish me luck and hope that everything goes fine. Tonight I'll reveal the second Purple Fox skin. That's all for now. Have a nice day! :-)

New version of Purple Fox waiting to be reviewed!

New version of  Purple Fox awaiting for the editors review.The theme should be approved soon (hopefully) by the Mozilla editors.Here's what's new in version 7.0.03.09.11 :

*Fixed bug with navigation buttons
*Fixed url color bug with Firefox 6 and above
*Fixed categories bug with Firefox 6 and above
*Fixed tab group bug
*Fixed icon bug with add-ons such as Video download helper,firebug and more.
*Fixed close button bug with Windows 7
*Fixed bug with version number
*Scaled logo image
That's all for now.Thanks for donating!

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New version of Blue Fox , others to follow!

New version of Blue Fox awaiting for the editors review.The theme should be approved soon (hopefully) by the Mozilla editors.Here's what's new in version 7.0.03.09.11 :

*Fixed bug with navigation buttons
*Fixed url color bug with Firefox 6 and above
*Fixed categories bug with Firefox 6 and above
*Fixed tab group bug
*Fixed icon bug with add-ons such as Video download helper,firebug and more.
*Fixed close button bug with Windows 7
*Fixed bug with version number

Other add-ons should have new versions as well.I'm slowly fixing bugs.Next on my list are Orange Fox,Purple Fox and Bloody Red.I have a version for Sky Pilot almost complete as well but I'm having difficulties with fixing 2 bugs.The tab background bug turned out to be a pain in the a** and I have an idea for the other one.

That's all for now.Thanks for donating!

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