loopnine Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 (edited) update: A while ago, I made this tweak into an extension, with the added ability to use the colors of your system (not always blue). Download here I have made a tweak for Firefox/Thunderbird that makes the menus and the menubuttons look like Office XP. I got the idea after seeing this at kde-look.org. I used that as a base and changed the colors, refined the whole thing + added office xp style menu-buttons to it. It should work in any Firefox/Thunderbird version at any platform with any theme, but it might look bad width some themes. I colored it the same as my Office XP looked when I used the Opus OS Visual Style, so if you want other colors you will have to change them manually. this is not a skin, it does not change the icons, only the way menus and menu-buttons look. I think that this makes Firefox look more professional. this is released under GPL (open source). hope you like it Installation: put the files dotnet.png and userChrome.css in your personal firefox/thunderbird-chrome-dir (hint, mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\Andreas\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\default\dldqyjbq.slt\chrome) and restart firefox/thunderbird. version-log: 1.0.5: fixed all problems when using this together with the Smoke theme by Aaron Spuler. Made the menu-separators in menus without colored left-margins look better. Made disabled menus visible again, that also makes the menu-buttons stop "jumping" when going into costomize mode. 1.0.4: fixed a bug that made the forward/back buttons (and other buttons of that kind) get bigger if you clicked on them when they where disabled (grey). I also added instructions inside the file for how to get back the toolbar-separators, for those who like toolbar-separators (I dont). 1.0.3: fixed a bug that made the forward-button and the back-button have diffrent size if they where disabled. That made the whole line of buttons move if you switched from a tab width history to one without. 1.0.2: very small update, cleaned up a little and added authors names again (witch somehow disapeared betwean 1.0 and 1.0.1) 1.0.1: fixed "no text under disabled menu-buttons in Windows Classic"-bug 1.0: everything OfficeXP_style_for_Firebird_1.0.5.zip Edited October 27, 2005 by loopnine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted January 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 9, 2004 Very cool indeed, using it now :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 a screenshot, maybe? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 i'd like to see a screenshot first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 As would I. No offense or anything, but wouldn't it have been easier to just make it a theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmbandfan22 Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Very cool....I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewkwarm Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 i'm loving it, i always wanted the office xp look too. it works for thunderbird as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 er ... someone post a screenshot? :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonik Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 What the hell is it supposed to do? I did everything and it looks the same. Using Mozilla Firebird 0.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted January 9, 2004 MVC Share Posted January 9, 2004 here you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmbandfan22 Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Ummm, looks strikingly similar to this. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted January 10, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2004 It's not a skin, it's just a custom userchrome.css that creates Office XP style menus and buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeNorth Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Mozilla Firebird: Tips & Tricks is a useful start for appearance tweaks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopnine Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 sorry for not answering you but I was sleeping so it wasn't very easy :) the reason for not making it a skin was because I wanted it to work on any other skin and not just the one I chosed to base it on. thanks virtorio for posting a screenshot, I have uptaded the first post with one now to. It is not the icons i have changed, just the way menus and buttons look. I forgot to write yesterday that it works on thunderbird as well, thanks JustinSaneLBS for telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 it doesn't quite work in Windows Classic (Disabled menu items text doesn't show, no margin on the content menus) but it's still really cool :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippet1 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Nice! Those menus are very pleasing to the eye. I would actually like to see more VSes with this sorta thing :/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopnine Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 it doesn't quite work in Windows Classic (Disabled menu items text doesn't show, no margin on the content menus) but it's still really cool :cool: For me disabled menu items text does show in Windows Classic.... could you post a screenshot so I can see what you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 For me disabled menu items text does show in Windows Classic.... could you post a screenshot so I can see what you mean Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopnine Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 Here ok now i get it... the reason why you don't se the text under disabled menu-buttons is because I wrote the color myself instead of importing it from windows, download it again now and it should be fixed. I think the reason why you dont see the margin in the menus is because you only put the userChrome.css file in your chrome dir, and not the dotnet.png file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 not the dotnet.png file. oh yea, forgot :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Work's perfectly now, Thank you :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperward Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Hey there, just registered to post this after seeing this topic linked from the Firebird forums. This is absolutely awesome. ope you don't mind that I've emailed Firebird Help with a request to add this to the Tips and Tricks section. - Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Oskarsson Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Cool !!! using it ... looks beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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