Now that Firefox Personas are a bigger part of the Firefox skinning experience, I figured it was about time to start collecting my own lists of favorites. There is no doubt that I like to keep my browsing nice and simple – so the solid Personas for Firefox, are always going to be my favorite. Here are my ten favorite solid Firefox Personas.
Ready for a new theme for Firefox to start the new year? How about a theme that doesn’t just give you one skin to choose from, but rather two?
GrayFox, a new theme for Firefox does exactly that.
If your looking for a mostly 2D, grayscale and compact theme for your Firefox browsing ways – look no further than the Two Dimensions theme. As you can see with the screenshot I included, it is a very slick skin for your Firefox browsing ways that will not disappoint those of you who like to keep things simple.
It would fit nicely, I think, in my list of lightest popular themes for Firefox. Who knows, it might earn its spot soon enough.
Thus far a five-star theme, that is rising in the ranks, you can pick up Two Dimensions and add it to your own Firefox installation at the Firefox Add-ons web site.
Ever have the problem of Firefox’s main browser window being a little messed up looking? What I am speaking of exactly is a large gray bar along the bottom, wish some red text in it. I have not run into this problem in a long time, but I know others have – so wanted to cover it and how to fix it.
First thing you should do is follow the common Firefox troubleshooting tips:
Check for Faulty Add-ons
Next, take a look at your extensions. It could be that one of your add-ons you have installed has a problem with it. First thing I want you to do when checking out your add-ons is to go to Tools > Add-ons and then click on the “Find Updates” button. See if updating any of your add-ons might help get rid of the issue.
The next suggestion would be to go to Tools > Add-ons, disable all the add-ons you have installed, and then restart Firefox. If the problem has gone away after that, you can then enable add-ons until the problem comes back. This should help you figure out which add-on is at fault. It could also be caused by a combination of add-ons, that do not play nice together, so do not rule that out as a possibility too.
Could it be Spyware/Malware?
This suggestion from mozillaZine might also be worth checking into:
If the problem is in Firefox on Windows, check for a file named m3ffxtbr.manifest in the “chrome” folder of your installation directory (usually “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\chrome\m3ffxtbr.manifest”). If the file exists, delete it, then restart Firefox. This file is created by the “MyWebSearch Toolbar” (a form of spyware).
Be sure to check out this knowledge base post for more tips on working with this nasty problem. Now the last and nuclear step would be to do a fresh or clean install of Firefox to see if you can get rid of the problem that way. It is a drastic step, but has worked for me in the past.
