If you are looking for the best dark theme to decorate your Firefox browser with, take a look at Bloomind FT DeepDark 2. While the name does not roll off the tongue, it is the most downloaded Firefox theme at the moment via the Firefox Add-ons website.
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Great Dark Theme for Firefox
Half Firefox 4 Start Time
Running Windows and want to make Firefox 4 start up faster? The add-on Start Faster enables some really nifty optimizations that Mozilla hasn’t done yet to the browser to give you a quicker launch time for your favorite browser.
Bring Graphite Glow to Firefox
The world of Firefox 3.6 themes is really slim pickings these days. Well, there still are a lot of great themes, however most of them I have already covered here more than a few times. However, I am happy to say I was surprised to find this suggestion in my inbox this morning. Bloomind FT Graphite really transforms the way Firefox looks for Windows users.
Optimized Firefox for Windows?
The Pale Moon Project says they can get Firefox to perform 25% faster, through the art of optimization. You see, the Pale Moon Project is all about creating a custom-built and optimized Firefox browser for Windows users to enjoy.
Turn Firefox in Glass, Sorta
For those of you using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you probably have already noticed that by default, Firefox does not have the cool glass effect that some of your other programs might have. You can make Firefox a little more transparent though, with the Glasser add-on.
Green, Purple and Blue Gnome-like Goodness
Today I have for you three themes based on the ideas and icons behind the Gnome Colors project. What is that? The Gnome Colors project really aims at making the Gnome desktop as elegant, colorful and consistent as possible.
So can these three themes, each accented with their own color stand up to the rest of the Firefox themes out there? I will let you decide.
Find Your Firefox Profile Folder!
Every so often, you might need to find your Firefox profile folder to do some tweaking or maintenance of your own. In the past, this has lead to diving through your operating system’s folders and after twenty clicks, finding the information you need. Since Firefox 3.6 there is a much easier way to open your profile folder, with no additional extensions installed.
Bringing Purity Back to Firefox
This inspirational theme, created for the Firefox browser, is one of the most attractive themes I have seen in some time. Designed with the idea in mind that simple/flat designs tend to be more appealing than overly decorated ones; Purity is ready to refresh your browsing experience.
The author of the theme notes that some of the theme is still a work in progress, as many of the dialog icons are from the stock Aero theme. However I have high hopes for this unique browser skin.
You can download and install the Purity theme for Firefox (Windows only) at the Firefox Add-ons web site.
Speed Up Firefox 3.5 Start up Times on Windows
Does it seem that Firefox 3.5 is a little sluggish when it starts on your Windows-powered machine?
Due to some unknown reason, Firefox on Windows pulls certain file locations for security reasons. In turn, having too many temporary, history or recent document files will slow down Firefox 3.5’s data generation process. A bug has been filed about this, but in the mean time – the best thing you can do to help fix it is to do a little house cleaning.
The fix here is to browse through and clear both Internet Explorer’s history and cache and Firefox’s history and cache as much as you can. You can find more help with this process at these resources:
I had not noticed this problem too much – then again, I have my Firefox temp files set to clear every time I close the browser and I hardly ever use Internet Explorer. How about you?
UPDATE:
This problem was fixed in Firefox 3.5.1. To check for updates, be sure to go to Help > “Check for Updates…” in Firefox. Thanks to the Firefox development team for the speedy update!
Split Up Your Browser
Split Browser, the add-on for Firefox, splits up the content area of the browser in as many windows as you like. Each window you see, also has its own mini browser inside.
This is a really helpful extension for those people out there that work on multiple pages at the same time and down want to have two Firefox windows open side by side or don’t want to switch between tabs. There are several ways you can decide to split your window too.
Ways to become more productive by splitting up your browser…
- Choose the "Split Browser to" menu in the context menu.
- Choose the "Load in Split Browser" menu in the context menu on link.
- Click popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area.
- Drop links, bookmarks, etc. to popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area while dragging.
There is no limit to the number of windows you can open inside of your browser. Of course, adding too many might get a little on the silly side. Click the picture to your right to see an example of the madness that can happen with a few too many windows open.
Another great use for this, would be to view one page normally, and then load up a mobile or sidebar-friendly page and squeeze it down so everything fits in nicely. You can pick up the Split Browser add-on for Firefox on the Firefox Add-ons web site or learn more about it on the official Split Browser web site.
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