Post by iBishyT on Mar 12, 2010 14:00:45 GMT 10
New picture of my Firefox, now with Awesome persona.
Also, remember that addon I mentioned that removed the title bar? Well, i've found a better version called "foxiFrame".
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/71425
Directly inspired by that other mod, this mod does the same and much more.
-It comes with a fullscreen button (which you can remove using a Stylish script).
-The new buttons (fullscreen, minimize, maximize, close) can be moved around just like any other icon in Firefox, allowing you to have them where ever you want them (there are special options to move it next to the tabs for when you're using a "Tabs on top" addon).
-Comes with an option allowing you to click on any area not occupied by an icon or tab to drag the window in un-maximized mode. This is perfect for my setup (as you can see from my screenshot, I have a big blank space for the persona image).
-Comes with a tiny Firefox icon, as well as a "Title" icon, allowing you to fully recreate the titlebar in it's own toolbar (check my screenshot...my title bar is still there, but it has a Persona background, this is how I achieved it). Of course, these can be moved anywhere just like other icons.
-And most importantly, IT'S SKINNABLE, and it already comes with compatibility skins for a few really popular Firefox themes, including Chromifox (Google Chrome copyskin) and TwentyTen (OS integration skin, based off Microsoft Office 2010).
If you plan to do what I did with this addon, and make your own custom titlebar that can be skinned using Personas, then you're going to also need an addon like "DragNDrop Toolbars".
addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/3571
Ya see, by default Firefox doesn't allow you to organise the order of your toolbars, the only way you'd be able to do such a thing is switch all of the icons around (which is tedious). With this you can simply unlock the toolbars, drag them to re-order them, and then lock them again, simples.
With these combined I was able to make a new toolbar (a faux titlebar with the webpage title and maximize, minimize, close buttons), and then click and drag it so it appears over the URL toolbar. ^^ There are only a couple of minor problems with foxiFrame; apparently some people have problems using it with Personas (though I have no problems), and due to the way Firefox handles Javascript Firefox can't start maximized (it instead starts in windowed mode, but with the window taking up the whole screen. The windowed size resets to your previous default after one Maximize-Minimize).
My menubar (File, Edit, View, etc) is hidden using Personal Menu, an addon I believe I may have mentioned in the past in another Firefox thread. It hides the menubar and replaces it with non-intrusive icons (Menu, Bookmarks, History, all optional...I don't use the History one). The are a lot of addons that do the same thing, but Personal Menu is both the best and the most supported when it comes to custom themes (such as Chromifox).
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3895
So yeah.
Also, remember that addon I mentioned that removed the title bar? Well, i've found a better version called "foxiFrame".
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/71425
Directly inspired by that other mod, this mod does the same and much more.
-It comes with a fullscreen button (which you can remove using a Stylish script).
-The new buttons (fullscreen, minimize, maximize, close) can be moved around just like any other icon in Firefox, allowing you to have them where ever you want them (there are special options to move it next to the tabs for when you're using a "Tabs on top" addon).
-Comes with an option allowing you to click on any area not occupied by an icon or tab to drag the window in un-maximized mode. This is perfect for my setup (as you can see from my screenshot, I have a big blank space for the persona image).
-Comes with a tiny Firefox icon, as well as a "Title" icon, allowing you to fully recreate the titlebar in it's own toolbar (check my screenshot...my title bar is still there, but it has a Persona background, this is how I achieved it). Of course, these can be moved anywhere just like other icons.
-And most importantly, IT'S SKINNABLE, and it already comes with compatibility skins for a few really popular Firefox themes, including Chromifox (Google Chrome copyskin) and TwentyTen (OS integration skin, based off Microsoft Office 2010).
If you plan to do what I did with this addon, and make your own custom titlebar that can be skinned using Personas, then you're going to also need an addon like "DragNDrop Toolbars".
addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/3571
Ya see, by default Firefox doesn't allow you to organise the order of your toolbars, the only way you'd be able to do such a thing is switch all of the icons around (which is tedious). With this you can simply unlock the toolbars, drag them to re-order them, and then lock them again, simples.
With these combined I was able to make a new toolbar (a faux titlebar with the webpage title and maximize, minimize, close buttons), and then click and drag it so it appears over the URL toolbar. ^^ There are only a couple of minor problems with foxiFrame; apparently some people have problems using it with Personas (though I have no problems), and due to the way Firefox handles Javascript Firefox can't start maximized (it instead starts in windowed mode, but with the window taking up the whole screen. The windowed size resets to your previous default after one Maximize-Minimize).
My menubar (File, Edit, View, etc) is hidden using Personal Menu, an addon I believe I may have mentioned in the past in another Firefox thread. It hides the menubar and replaces it with non-intrusive icons (Menu, Bookmarks, History, all optional...I don't use the History one). The are a lot of addons that do the same thing, but Personal Menu is both the best and the most supported when it comes to custom themes (such as Chromifox).
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3895
So yeah.