iPox Aqua

A shiny blue and white Firefox theme.

I’m retiring from Firefox theming.

Thanks

It’s been a fun journey over the past 5 years creating Firefox themes. I created nearly a dozen themes, stating with iPox, and I’ve got over 5 million downloads! However, I just can’t keep up.

With Firefox 4 just around the corner, my themes would probably need to be revamped from the ground up and I just don’t have the time. Heck, some of theme aren’t even updated for Firefox 3.6!

It’s a hard decision to make though as I loved creating them. I loved making the fans happy and I wish I could keep up with them.

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iPox Version 3

iPox version 3 is now available!

iPox 3

iPox v3 has landed with some re-designed elements, bug fixes, and iPox Aqua mixed in.

So what’s new?

  1. The scrollbars have been re-designed utilizing CSS. They are now a light grey with a nice mouse over effect.
  2. The throbber has been reverted back to the Mac throbber.
  3. The URL bar has been re-designed to *hopefully* work better with URL extensions. It’s now all CSS and even highlights when active.
  4. Added a full screen button.
  5. Also includes many fixes under the hood to incorporate a bunch of smaller, missing elements. Probably didn’t catch them all, but it’s better.
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Firefox 3.6 Theme Compatibly

Firefox 3.6 RobotGood news and bad news.

The bad news is that my themes are currently NOT compatiblewith Firefox 3.6. I tested it out the other day and nothing happened. No error, no theme, no luck.

The good news is I was able to find out why and fix it. I had to re-do the theme structure and install files but I did get it to work. If you are using iPox Remix as the basis of your theme, you’ll need to make the updates as well. I hope to have a how-to on that soon.

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Firefox 3.7 Mockup Theme

Only a few days ago Mozilla put up some ideas on how they’d like to re-design Firefox in the next version. BoneyardBrew and SoapyHamHocks then took the mockups and created a working theme called Firefox 3.7 Mockup Redux 2.0.

Firefox 3.7 Mockup Redux 2 Theme

There are some tweeks and extensions that have to be used to get the full effect as seen above, and I’m not sure it’s exactly Mac friendly, but it’s a very nice looking theme.

It’s also partially based off the iPod Remix set of tutorials which is very cool!

My Themes and Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5Good 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.

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Midnight iPox – A Dark Theme with Bright Blue Buttons

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

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.

Download Midnight iPox

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.

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iPox Aqua Shines in Firefox 3

I realized over the past weekend that iPox Aqua was 90% the same as iPox.  And since iPox has been updated for Firefox 3, iPox Aqua shouldn’t take to much time.  So I’ve updated it.

iPox Aqua has the same style and feel as iPox, with a bit more colorful buttons and brighter blues.

Now I think I have only 3 more to update.

Why I Love Theming Firefox

Theming Firefox has its good and it’s bad times.  Yes, it’s a lot of work for no money, but making people happy is something I like to do too.  And it appears that, according to Mozilla’s stats, I’m making a lot of people happy with my themes.

Check out these stats!

Miint
Total downloads since April 8th 2007: 234,303
Active Daily Users on Wednesday September 3rd: 35,425

PinkHope
Total downloads since January 29th 2007: 530,214
Active Daily Users on Wednesday September 3rd: 80,814

iPox
Total downloads since January 4th 2006: 1,479,462
Active Daily Users on Wednesday September 3rd: 79,518

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Why I would quit theming today.

Quit ButtonI love to create Firefox themes, make addons and lots of freebees that others often enjoy.  I do this on my free time and love to see people enjoy them.  But some days, I’m ready to throw in the towel.

I’ve recently got a few comments from a visitor saying “hurry up and release the f**king theme” and “do your f**king job.”

Now I know that there is bound to be one jerk out of hundreds of users, but it’s comments like these that make me wonder why I continue to spend my time on themes.  It’s not my job and, the more negative comments I get, the slower my progress will be.  These things take hours to build and there is a lot to take into consideration.

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TwisterMc Themes and Firefox 3 – Vote for your favorite.

TwisterMc & Firefox 3

With the Firefox 3 release upon us, a lot of people will be wondering about the status of my themes.

So what is the status?

iPox has been released.

MidnightFox has been released.

MidnightFoxy is in available.

Miint has been released.

iPox Aqua has been released.

PinkHope is ready to go.

HalloFF is ready for Halloween.

TinselTown has been released. More updates in November.

All others are waiting to be converted.

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