Here are some of her Personas she designed that I like the most:

Gray and Black

Fall Horizon

Autumns Light

Christmas Sky

Browse through more of MaDannas themes on her Personas page or check her out at her official blog. Also let me know if you would like to see me feature more Persona designers like this.  I’ll take your feedback and deliver what you need – just let me know in the comments.

It is November 1st, so you know what that means.  Time to break out the Easter decorations, right? No – since our bellies are still filled with Halloween candy, I thought we might take it easy today and just decorate Firefox with a more Thanksgiving-like theme.  I have searched far and wide through tons of Personas to get the very best.

Here are the ten best Thanksgiving themed Personas for Firefox.

Autumn Wind

Leafy Fall

Autumns Rainbow

Autumns Sunrise

Beautiful Autumn Maple

Persona H2

Thanksgiving Turkeysss 2

Beauty of Orange

Persona_13

Autumn Breeze

There you have it.  I hope you enjoy these Thanksgiving related Firefox Personas and get a lot of good use of of them.

What are some of the best Personas you can pick up for Firefox from the Film and TV category?  I recently took a trip through some of the user created backgrounds for Firefox, and found ten of the best examples.  These are all Personas I find both usable and fun to look at, and might help lighten the day the next time you launch your favorite browser.

Here are my top 10 favorite Film and TV Personas for Firefox:

Cookie Monster

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Star Wars Death Star

Sponge Bob Square Pants

Pulp Fiction

Spiderman

Alice in Wonderland

South Park

True Blood

Star Trek – Red Shirt

There you have it.  Let me know which one is your favorite in the comments or if you have another Persona background to share, be sure to post those too. 

So, what happened to the Personas add-on for Firefox, now that Personas’s quick skinning abilities are built into the browser?  Well, it has become Personas Plus.  With this add-on installed, you get one-click access to the full Personas experience.  You can quickly change between all the Personas out there and a few more neat things too.

Some of the extra features you get with Personas Plus include:

• Enjoy instant access to over 35,000 designs
• Choose favorites and switch designs anytime
• Create your own design for your computer
• Access the newest designs and features

The Personas Plus add-on for Firefox also makes testing Personas you are creating yourself much easier too.  You can pick up the Personas Plus add-on over at the Firefox Add-ons web site.

Following the World Cup and use Firefox?  I have a site that will serve two of your proverbial itches at the same time.  Firefox Cup is the new website put out by Mozilla (in association with FIFA) to help you rally behind your favorite soccer team.

You use your favorite team’s persona in Firefox during the World Cup to be counted in the daily user totals.  Then, on the website, the team with the most persona users during the tournament wins.

Want to follow the World Cup action?  You can also pick up the FootieFox add-on for Firefox.  It will show you all the latest scores from within your browser.

If you want to join in on the World Cup fun, check out FirefoxCup.com.

There are both bad and good Firefox Personas out there.  This simple way to re-skin the Firefox browser has given designers a new way to support their favorite products and really get creative with their support.  With that said, there are some really great Firefox Personas using the Firefox logo.

Here are some of the best Firefox Personas using the iconic Firefox image:

Firefox Tail Twister

Dark Fox

Gray Fox

CartoonFox

Fox in the Clouds

Firefox Football

Big Firefox Logo

Firefox 3.6 Unleashed

Bubble Bay

Mozilla Firefox

Hope you enjoy this collection of great (useable) Firefox Personas.  If you have another Firefox related Firefox Persona you’d like to share – be sure to leave it in the comments.

Now I know I went on a ‘bit of a rant the other day about how some Personas just are not worth the time of day, however some really do fit in well with the Firefox browser too.  Here are 10 of the most popular abstract Personas I found usable and beautiful.

Groovy Blue

Abstract Black

Gray and Black

Abstract splash

Arcane Green Horizon

Windows 7

Aurora Australis

Firefox Saucers

Bright Blue Abstract

Abstract Electric

There you have 10 of the most popular abstract Personas out there today.  Which is your favorite?  Do you have an alternative abstract Persona that should have made the list?

It all comes down to quantity over quality.  Some of these backgrounds just are not any good.  The same could be said for many Firefox themes too, but with Personas – there are a few simple things that could go a long way before you submit it for the public, that would be so easy to check into.

For example, look at this:

I am not going to use a Persona where I can’t read anything inside of the browser. 

Other annoyances would be having text in the background, having the background be too busy, and general “why the heck did you think that would make a good background” questions of designing competence.

So you tell me, what makes for a better Firefox Persona or have you been turned off my many of the ugly background out there? Post your feedback and thoughts in the comments.

With that in mind, I thought it might be handy to guide you through the process when it comes to adding a new Persona theme to your browser, removing a Persona theme from your browser, and how to chance through Persona themes – once you have several saved to your system.

How Do You Install a Firefox Persona?

If you are using Firefox 3.6 or above, the options for Personas should be built into the browser.  Here is how you can grab your own Firefox Persona to use in Firefox.

Go to the Personas page on the Firefox Add-ons web site or the Personas Gallery.

Next, browser around the web site until you find a Persona you would like to use in your own Firefox browser.  Notice that as you hover over the thumbnail previews, your Firefox browser will change to show you what that Persona would look like.

Click on the Persona you would like to use, and go check out the official page for that specific Persona.  For example, here is the page for the Superman logo Persona shown above:

• Superman Logo Firefox Persona

To install that specific Persona for Firefox, click the orange, “Wear this Persona” button.

Once you do so, the Persona will be installed – and you will get a message come up in the browser telling you it has been installed, and giving you the option to undo or go to your manage themes settings.

You are now done.  Your new Persona for Firefox has been installed and is ready to decorate your browser till you change it again.

How Can You Uninstall a Firefox Persona?

Uninstalling Firefox Personas is as easy as installing them.  From Firefox’s Menu Bar, select Tools and then Add-ons.  Once that comes up, you want to go to the “Themes” tab. Both Firefox themes and Personas will now be displayed here.

Click on the Firefox Persona you wish to uninstall, and click the “Uninstall” button. You will be asked to verify the uninstall, and then it will be gone for good.  You can also switch to a different Persona you have downloaded by clicking on that Persona from this screen, and selecting “Use Theme”.

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Dark Light

Brushed Metal

Dream of Waves

Auora Blue

Solid Royal

Brown Bag

Light Green Tile

Glass – Clear

Vista Greens

Royal Noir

What do you think? Do I have good taste, or does another one tickle your fancy even more than these?  Let me know in the comments – and feel free to share your own favorite Personas for Firefox.