FlibbyFlobby Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Firstly I suppose most of you are wondering, "why would anyone want to make Firefox look like Internet Explorer (IE)?" For me it was a personal quest since I prefer the IE visuals to the Firefox visuals, but love the functionality Firefox provides. Whatever your reasons this guide should help you make Firefox look and sound like IE. First though heres a little sample of how the final result should look: Visuals Theme Firstly we are going to need to make Firefox look like IE and we can achieve this using the Internet Explorer XP Theme for Firefox by Bamm Gabriana, you can find and install the theme here. Alternatively if you are old school, and would prefer the IE5 look then you can install the Internet Explorer Theme from here. Once you have this theme installed, select it from the the themes window (Tools > Themes > Double click the theme) and then restart Firefox. Once you've done this you will be wondering why there is no back text next to the "Back" button. This is easily fixed by right clicking on a blank area of the the toolbar and selecting the "Customize" option, then on the dialog box select "Text". Note: You can add the Side Searchbar (and any other buttons you would like on the toolbar) from this toolbar by dragging and dropping it on the toolbar after you install the More Buttons extension. Icons The next step is to install another Bamm Gabriana product which is the IE Icons. I must note before you proceed with this that you cannot uninstall these Icons using the Firefox interface, you must delete the sub directory from within the Mozilla Firefox directory. To install the IE Icons click here. More Buttons and XP Styles Want more functions within Firefox? Then you want More Buttons again by Bamm Gabriana. This will allow you have the Side Searchbar just like IE. This is an optional extra that I personally recommend you have, you can install it from here. The final extra here is the XP Window Styles extension, basically this will allow Firefox to adapt its looks slightly depending on whether you are using Windows Luna Theme or Windows Classic Theme, you can find it here. Sound Popup Sound Extension For the authentic IE sounds to work first you will need the Popup Sound Extension by Nathar Leichoz which can be found and installed here. The Sounds The sounds required to use with the extension above are provided in the .zip attached to this post. The files can be found in your Windows directory if you do not wish to download this file. Each sound should be used for the following: Windows Xp Start.wav - The "Click" sound. Windows XP Notify.wav - The "Download Finish" sound. Windows XP Pop-up Blocked.wav - The "Popup Blocked" sound. To use these sounds simply start up Firefox with the above extension installed and then select them from their location. I recommend unzipping the file to the Mozilla Firefox directory on your hard disk, which will install them in a directory called "sounds". Your done, that should be just about everything you need to give yourself the Firefox/IE experience. Enjoy! Credits Bamm Gabriana (http://www.bamm.gabriana.com) Nathar Lechioz (http://dragtotab.mozdev.org) Imageshack (http://www.imageshack.us) Myself sounds.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalN. Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I better go do this to my parents computers, they hate FF for some reason. ah well. I'll make them like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiREFLi Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Yes, I did come here wondering why you'd want to do that but I will probably do it on PCs I set up for people, they'll never know :devil: Bahahahaa!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 This is perfect for people who don't know whats good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futb0l Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Hahahah, it does look a lot like IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I believe theres an extension that changes the title bar text as well. Just tell your users its the latest version of IE, chances are good they'll buy it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levijay Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 dammit doesnt work with deer park alpha 2 !, well it does but when you go to options its kinda.. invisible :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sboulema Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 use this: http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?s...212&hl=titlebar To change the titlebar text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminzsj Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Do you have screenshots for window with tabs? FF tab is too big for me, hope this guide can also change the tab appearance. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlibbyFlobby Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 With tabs: @Sboulema I didnt add that to my guide, even though I knew about it. I figured people wouldnt want to go "that" far. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappBrannigan Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 What about changing bookmarks to favorites :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I can barely tell that it's even Firefox anymore. lol :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I did that to the Guest account's Firefox profile :lol: IconsThe next step is to install another Bamm Gabriana product which is the IE Icons. I must note before you proceed with this that you cannot uninstall these Icons using the Firefox interface, you must delete the sub directory from within the Mozilla Firefox directory. To install the IE Icons click here. The link works but I'm having problems installing it. It said some 241- error in the Extensions window. Maybe the file is corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹ Posted July 22, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 22, 2005 Where is the folder to uninstall the Bamm IE Icons? i have looked in "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" but cannot tell which folder to delete :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlibbyFlobby Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 Where is the folder to uninstall the Bamm IE Icons? i have looked in "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" but cannot tell which folder to delete :( 586252314[/snapback] Mozilla Firefox\Chrome\Icons Delete the Icons folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrunt1990 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I only customized my toolbars to look like IE when i first go FireFox so i could get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹ Posted July 22, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 22, 2005 Mozilla Firefox\Chrome\IconsDelete the Icons folder. 586255211[/snapback] Thankyou :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMalSG1 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 this is freaking great! thanks a million! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acezo Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Heh, I've done the opposite...I have Firefox looking like Safari, and IE looking very close to FF. Good guide though (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 cant download or install anything :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmw Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Awesome guide. (Y) I've always liked the way IE looked for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vquattro Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 (edited) Great guide. I used to use this: FirefoxIE is a customization of Mozilla's newest Firefox Browser to make it look and feel more like Internet Explorer. http://www.firefoxie.net/ Edited July 23, 2005 by Vquattro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreqFace Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Thanks for the excellent guide. I much preferred the look of IE over Firefox. Here's my Firefox layout now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iman N.Karimi Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Thanks Ziadoz. i aslo translate your article to put in HERE :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlibbyFlobby Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 Thanks Ziadoz. i aslo translate your article to put in HERE :) 586267216[/snapback] Awesome. I cant read a word of it, but fantastic work! :p :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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