Tinseltown Feedback Wanted
It’s that time of the year again. Time to put up the lights, shop till you drop and dress up your Firefox with Tinseltown, a Christmas theme.
I’ve no formal update plans for Tinseltown, so I’m asking you. What would you like to see updated?
I’ve been running Tinseltown for a few days and there are no major issues that I see. But you may be seeing something that I’m overlooking. So please do share.
Ohh and for those running Firefox 3 beta, Tinseltown probably won’t be available this year. Sorry, but Firefox 3 is just not far enough along for me to start theming it. I may try it out and see how it works though if there is interest.
Thus so far, haven’t had any major issues with Tinseltown.
My only qualms about it are aesthetic in nature.
I wouldn’t mind if you rounded off the Address bar.
And maybe the Google Toolbar Search pad, too.
- Steven Moncivais November 28th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 - Windows XP
Tinseltown is a terrific theme. I would vote for larger icons. I’m willing to sacrifice a little screen real estate in the name of Holiday Spirit!
- Jim Powell November 29th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 - Linux
TwisterMC,
You did an amazing job on this theme. I haven’t found one thing that bothers me. I am telling everyone about it.
Way to go!
- dimbulb1024 December 2nd, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 - Ubuntu Linux
I’ve been using it for a week and it’s fantastic, would only hope you update it so it continues to work on Firefox 3.
- david December 3rd, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows Vista
Could you please make a Tinseltown-theme for Thunderbird???
Now I have a great Christmas-spirited-desktop and browser bun none for my email…. :-’(
The theme is awesome!!!
- Laetitia December 4th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
Thanks all for the feedback.
Steven- A rounded URL bar would be nice, but I’m not sure I want it as rounded as the Google search bar. And, if it was just slightly round, would that look bad?
Jim - Larger icons probably won’t happen. They are nice icons though.
David - No Firefox 3 support this year. I just don’t have time.
Laetitia - I’ve tried creating Thunderbird themes and it just didn’t work out. Sorry.
- Thomas December 4th, 2007 at 7:15 am
Safari 523.10 - Mac OS X
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- Weihnachten bei Firefox - Christmas Tinseltown Add-on December 6th, 2007 at 5:45 am
WordPress 2.1
I’ve just installed Tinseltown, GREAT! Beautiful how the tabs and background blend into eachother. You’ve got a fan in The Netherlands!!
- Didi December 6th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
Love this theme and have been spreading the word! I really hope you’ll continue to support it in Firefox 3 once your schedule allows!
- Ryan December 7th, 2007 at 3:20 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows Server 2003
I love this theme, especially the snowflakes. However, the lights that appear when an item is highlighted in the Add-Ons window sometimes make it hard to read the text. Perhaps if they were a little lighter. Otherwise, I wouldn’t change a thing! Great job.
- Elle Rayne December 13th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Mac OS X
Hi!
I may be late in sending this email since your theme of Tinseltown was made back in 1999. But I had to let you know, your theme is the BEST one out there ! No kidding, I’m not interested in sports and it seems that that is all that people are offering.
My suggestion is: could you please make other themes to match the holidays, (eg. Valentines, Easter, 4th of July etc.)
Anyway, you do GREAT work and keep it up! Also hoping you do add more themes.
Kathy
- Kathy Crowell December 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
I love this theme and have used it through the past two winters.
The only suggestion I can think of is to improve the readability in some areas. For instance, it’s hard to read download stats when a running download is selected. Little things like that. Other than that, it’s a great theme and the only one I still use besides the default Fx theme. Thanks for the great work!
- Matt December 20th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
Kathy - Tinseltown was created just last year.
Matt - Good ideas, I’ll have to keep that in mind when creating a version for Firefox 3 next year.
- Thomas December 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Safari 523.10 - Mac OS X
I have used this for two years,
but for my eyes,
I need it to be a bit larger like the everyday theme that I use called sphere gnome big.
Can you make it larger, like the icons and the text sizes and such and the red X’s on the tabs,they’re not red, they’re gray.
- Bud December 25th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
Very nice Theme. I like it a lot.
My only qualms are perhaps first that when I right click, the menu is the same colour as the text, so I can’t see it. I have to roll the mouse over an option to read it. I can’t believe this hasn’t bothered anyone else though, so perhaps it’s something particular to me.
Other than that, this Theme is awesome, and I’m telling people about it.
Very nice.
- Tyrel December 25th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
Tinseltown is my FAVORITE theme of all the Firefox themes. It really put me in the Christmas spirit… ‘Course with Christmas now over I am looking for a Winter/Snow theme…. Have any? Can’t find any on the Firefox site…
I hope you do more holiday themes (Valentine’s, St. Patty’s, 4th of July). Keep up the good work!
- lizanne December 30th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP
For other holidays, check out Personas
- Thomas January 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Safari 523.10.6 - Mac OS X
[...] hasn’t been reviewed in a year but works as good as the first day. Thomas is asking for feedback. So if you have an idea for making this theme even better, drop him a [...]
- Get Firefox ready for Christmas : Mozilla Links February 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
WordPress 2.3.2
Loved Tinseltown. Great work. Hope you’ll find time to update it for 3.0!
- Bilious Prudence June 18th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - Mac OS X
This is the only theme I use and I was DEVASTATED to find that it was incompatible with FF3 (I have worked around this for now) so I am begging for you to please please please update this to be compatible with FF3
FYI, I am running Tinseltown on FF3 and so far the only thing I have noticed that doesn’t seem to work:is the X button is missing on open tabs, however fight click brings option to close tab so for now I will continue to close them this way 
Thankyou for the BEST theme ever created 
:) 
- BellaDragon June 19th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - Windows XP
You’re running Tinseltown on Firefox 3?! Really? Do post a screenshot.
- Thomas June 19th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - Mac OS X
*WARNING: This fix is NOT ecommended for all, please be very careful before making these kinds of changes.*
To be honest I have no idea how to post a screenshot. However, I can tell you how I was able to use it in FF3. I found this out in another forum that actually has nothing to do with FF3, however here is what I did (as instructed) : open a new tab or open FF3 with no site in address bar; in address bar, type about:config (exactly as written) then on the menu (right hand side, weird looking icon above scroll bar) right click and select “new” then “boolean”; in the pop-up window that comes up, type: extensions.checkCompatibility ; then select “false” ; restart FF3 and all non-working plug-ins, themes, etc will work
Doing this WILL bring up a warning window, warning about violating warranties and what-not, just click the button that says something about yes, I’ll be careful. This unfortunately can make some plug-ins, themes, etc unstable, so I just kept reverting back to full FF3, uninstalled what did not function correctly and were NOT updated to work in FF3 (all updated plug-ins & themes I have were not affected), restarted FF3, went back to about:config; and just kept doing this until everything a seemed stable. I do not guarantee this will work for everyone, however I have only had a problem with the X not showing on tabs (to close) and icons not always showing in tabs as they used to (some show). Minor issues as far as I’m concerned as long as I can have my Tinseltown back. It may sound lame, childish or even infantile, but I simple cannot live/browse without Tinseltown 
I love having the Christmas cheer all year round and this is by far the BEST theme I have tried, I simple LOVE it 
- BellaDragon June 19th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - Windows XP
Ok, add to the list of non-functioning “bits”, when downloading a file, no download information is showing at all, until the file has finished downloading. Once done, the options to open or clean-up are not present, but the file information still shows. As long as the download itself still works (which it did), I’m still happy to keep the hobbling-along Tinseltown. If I suffer any severe problems I will post details
And while I’m at it I must apologise for my typo’s, I hate them but they submitted before I saw them 
- BellaDragon June 19th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - Windows XP
Excuse me for asking in this manner, but ahhhh……any apparent reason as to WHY this theme isn’t updated for FireFox 3.0??
- RUSH1LIMBAUGH August 20th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Windows XP
Hello,
Please make tinseltown for Firefox3. My family and myself love this theme and use it for 4-5 mos. of the year. If I had known that this was going to be a problem, I would not have upgraded to 3. Please, please upgrade.
Thanks so much,
the Swim family
- Christine Swim August 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Windows XP
Also, we can not think of anything to make the Tinseltown theme any better. It is the best theme!!! Anyone that comes to the house and sees the theme loves it. Please, please make it compatible with FF3. Thank you so very much,
the Swim family
- Christine Swim August 21st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Windows XP
I can’t update FireFox without this theme!!
Please make for 3.0 , please.
- kmymymy August 29th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Linux
Hey..!!!!
Please make this theme for Fire Fox 3. There is another of Halloween that you made that it’s doesn’t work with the 3.0 version.
PLEASE MAKE AT LEAST THE TINSELTOWN WORK FOR THE 3.0 FIREFOX
- Carmelo R. September 7th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Windows XP
Hey Thomas,
I do understand where you’re coming from with regard to the few that belittle you with bad comments. You’ve design numerous excellent themes and folks look at and expect you to be this ‘big time’ pro that can create designs over night. When you tell us that you believe that Tinseltown will may be ready for download in November, I strongly believe in you that you’re doing your best as you are aware of the holidays and the expectations of your fans. Keep up the great work Thomas and continued success!
PS. Remember, your fans do appreciate your themes!!
- DOC September 19th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Windows XP
We have really been enjoying your Tinseltown theme for Firefox on all our computers over the holidays each year. If you wanted suggestions about appearance - perhaps a snowman or candy cane could be added some where, not too sure as we all like it just the way it is. We have never had any problems with it functioning either. Runs well.
- Lee September 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 - Windows XP