+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2008 If you are reading this post odds are you are one of the 1.2 million people currently enjoying a beta or nightly build of Firefox 3. However are you a big enough Firefox fan that you like to run it simultaneously on 4 different platforms? If not, here are some screen shots of the new themes for Firefox 3 for Vista, Linux, OS X and XP. Read the rest of the article on Alex Faaborg's blog. Screenshots of the main window with the final themes: I for one think the new theme looks good. What are your opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey_snake Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've grown accustom to it these past few months. However, expect people to complain about: there is no glass in toolbar in Vista. The XP theme looks too "Plasticy". anything else incredibly insignificant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzieb Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I don't like the XP theme, although it looks great on the other os's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted May 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2008 I think the default Windows Vista theme looks amazing when the 'Glasser' extension is installed. It looks OK anyway. I think maybe I was expecting a little bit too much, but it is a VERY big improvement on the default themes in Firefox 1.0, Firefox 1.5 and Firefox 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted May 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2008 The back/forward buttons are hideous IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Vista, XP, and Mac look horrible. Linux looks the best. The stupid back/forward buttons look terrible in the non-linux themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Forget Fitts's law, make them equal! The XP theme looks less bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I hate the Back/Forward buttons. BUT in "Small Icons" they look very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFuji Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I really like all of them. They all fit into their respective system and that's, after all, what the UI developers wanted to achieve. Personally I like the linux version most (usage of gtk-stock buttons were a really good idea), then XP, followed by Vista. Didn't see the Mac theme in action, so not included in rating. And all those complaining, just skin it to your liking ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFox Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I hate the Back/Forward buttons.BUT in "Small Icons" they look very nice. Same here. And Linux's icons look way too different from the rest. Why didn't they give it the strange back orb too, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2008 Same here.And Linux's icons look way too different from the rest. Why didn't they give it the strange back orb too, I wonder? The Linux theme is supposed to blend in with the user's (Gnome) theme. I.e. use the GTK theme and icon theme selected by the user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoDEAN Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Where is the link to dl the themes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2008 Where is the link to dl the themes? These are the default themes for Firefox 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 In my opinion, the Linux theme is the best, while the Vista theme looks excellent with the Glasser extension, with the Mac and XP theme rounding out at the bottom. Scirwode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted May 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've grown accustom to it these past few months.However, expect people to complain about: there is no glass in toolbar in Vista. The XP theme looks too "Plasticy". anything else incredibly insignificant. There won't be any glass in Firefox until version 4, it needs to overhaul some of the rendering system. And the Mac theme is amazing, it fits into the OS beautifully, I assume everybody saying it's bad isn't using a mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've grown accustom to it these past few months.However, expect people to complain about: there is no glass in toolbar in Vista. The XP theme looks too "Plasticy". anything else incredibly insignificant. Glass toolbar with an extension https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=632112 Kinda agree with the xp theme thing, but really it is supposed to look like that because that's how xp's style looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamushroom Veteran Posted May 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2008 They should have made the Back and Forward buttons a bit smaller so that it doesn't touch the top and bottom line in XP. Same counts for the Vista theme. I just think that those 2 buttons are too big. Besides that I like the themes. The XP theme from the first mockup was still the best one for XP though. It didn't look that much out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Limb Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I wish you could use the Vista icon set in XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2008 You can: Vista Theme on XP And if you want to use the XP theme on Vista - you can as well: XP Theme on Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Limb Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 (edited) You can:Vista Theme on XP And if you want to use the XP theme on Vista - you can as well: XP Theme on Vista :) Thank you very much. Edit: Not compatible with FF3. Edited May 16, 2008 by power out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 And the Mac theme is amazing, it fits into the OS beautifully, I assume everybody saying it's bad isn't using a mac? I use a Mac, and I still say it looks bad :p . I'm not saying it's horrible, I just feel that Mozilla could have done better as it still doesn't really fit well into Mac OS X look, what with the rounded buttons and all. That said, it is miles better than what Firefox 2 for Mac had and we will still have GrApple so I don't see much of a problem to be honest. Scirwode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2008 :)Thank you very much. Edit: Not compatible with FF3. Not yet - give the theme author a few days. Or, if you're really impatient, install the Nightly Tester Tools extension and whip the Vista on XP theme into submission. :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted May 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2008 Is it possible to have 3 themed like 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 16, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 16, 2008 Is it possible to have 3 themed like 2? Yes. <insert obligatory 'wait-for-theme-to-be-compatible-with-Firefox 3-or-use-Nightly-Tester-Tools' comment here> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted May 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2008 I'll give them credit that they've improved quite a lot to the point where my complaints are small details. Far from a perfectly native app though. ;) I'll blame that on XUL though. Oddly enough, the Quit buttons don't animate as it's supposed to in OS X. They're fine in the open/save dialogs though. http://localhostr.com/files/819994/fx.mov http://localhostr.com/files/fce799/safari.mov The tabs in the preferences are very outdated. They should be using the standard OS X window tabs. Good (safari) : Bad: They're also using some ugly Windows style combo boxes instead of native ones. Good (safari): Bad: Lack of rounded contextual menus: Firefox v Safari Still an awesome browser though for the features it offers over the competition. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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