June sure is shaping up to be a good month to be a Mac web geek! Every few days there is a new browser being released and they are all the fastest browser on the net.
Apple just introduced Safari 4. It has ‘remarkable’ new features as is the world’s fastest web browser according to Apple.
Firefox 3.5 will be here soon, and it’s shaping up to be by far the fastest Firefox yet: more than twice as fast as Firefox 3 and 10 times as fast as Firefox 2. That’s some serious speed.
Good news, I’ve gone though and updated all my themes and extensions to work with Firefox 3.5!
There are no major issues, but there are some minor ones. Like the bottom part of the scrollbar is missing and secure pages don’t render the secure part of the URL bar. I consider these to be pretty minor overall, but do hope to fix the annoyances.
Since Firefox 3.5 is well on its way to being released in June, I thought it was high time I get a few updates in.
Ever thought that you liked parts of one of my themes and parts of another? Well one reader by the name of Jeremy did. He decided to combine MidnightFox and iPox Aqua to come up with Midnight iPox.
Midnight iPox combines the dark of MidnightFox and the bright blue buttons of iPox Aqua to create a pretty nice theme! Hats off to Jeremy for such a nice mashup.
To install, download the Midnight-iPox.jar file from the link above. Then open Firefox and go to Tools -> Add-ons and drag Midnight-iPox.jar into the left side of the Themes section. Once installed, restart Firefox to use it.
I’ve recently started using TwitterFox with my work Twitter account. I love how its compact, looks great and is easy to access. What I didn’t like was the fact that I could only see 5 recent posts when I had so much more screen space. So I made it taller.
It just took a few lines of CSS and I was able to double the amount of tweets I could see at once!
If you’d like to make your TwitterFox window taller, install the Stylish Firefox extension and then head over to userstyles.org and install the Taller TwitterFox style.
I know that my Firefox Theme tutorials get a lot of attention, but I don’t always get to see the outcome. One that I know of though is the Indianapolis Colts Firefox theme.
Theme designer, madBOX20, went though my tutorials and created this football theme. Sure, he started with one of my themes, but he designed all the buttons and made a well polished, great looking theme.
Myself, I’m not a Colts fan, but I do love to see what has been created buy you, the visitors!
Have you heard about Mozilla’s Fashion Your Firefox? It’s Mozilla’s way of showcasing exceptional Firefox addons and grouping them in a way that makes it easier to find great addons.
Under the Decorator heading are a handful of themes that were picked based on quality and usability. One of those addons is Tinseltown.
I’m honored that Mozilla has chosen one of my themes to showcase. I make themes because I want to and the recognition from Mozilla, along with all the positive feedback, is really appreciated.
As the web continues to evolve, and more and more people are empowered to create their own sites, there is little to no concern for those on slower connections.
It’s been said that 10% of U.S. households still use dial-up internet to access the web. This could be due to the lack of high speed options in their area, unwillingness to pay the $50+ a month for high speed, or no real need to go faster.
I’m happy to release the next update to Tinseltown today. This version cleans up a lot of the areas that I didn’t spend to much time on with the early release.
Tinseltown Updates Include:
I’ve become a fan of Ping.fm and its mass notification abilities. However, I wanted to update my Ping.fm status without navigating away from the page I was on. So I created the Ping.fm Mobile Sidebar for Firefox.
Much like my many other Firefox sidebars, it simply works as a shortcut to access the mobile version of a site. This time it’s Ping.fm.
Yes, you could easily do this with a bookmark in Firefox, but I prefer to have an icon in my toolbar and a keyboard shortcut at my disposal.
iPox Remix has been updated for Firefox 3.
iPox Remix is a set of tutorials on creating your own Firefox theme. You are provided with a starter theme that contains all the necessary files and images to get you going. It also contains a set of tutorials to help you customize the files and create your own theme.
Unfortunately I don’t have a tutorial for converting themes from Firefox 2 to 3. I did it manually and re-coded everything. It’s what worked best for me.
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