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HalloFF
I’m retiring from Firefox theming.
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.
Firefox 3.6 Theme Compatibly
Good 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.
My Themes and Firefox 3.5
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.
Halloween Firefox Theme Gets Another Upgrade
I’ve been tweaking HalloFF over the past few weeks to add a bit more Halloween to the theme.
Here is what is new in the most recent version.
- New scrollbars featuring bones. Jack Skellington is the Bone Daddy after all.
- New right click menus featuring orange options with green highlights.
- New tabs that should resemble grave stones.
- New creepy fence background for the bookmarks toolbar and other toolbars.
- New light up pumpkin throbber.
- Added a bit of orange to the find bar background.
- Cleaned up the big back button as there was some minor issues that only I probably saw.
HalloFF Reborn for Firefox 3 in Time for Halloween!
Good news Halloween fans, HalloFF, and Jack Skellington, have risen from the dead for Firefox 3!! The theme is now Firefox 3 compatible and ready for you to enjoy.
It’s a dark theme with quite a few elements shared with MidnightFox, however, the buttons are orange with green rollovers and Jack Skellington shows his face a few times throughout the theme.
Enjoy this little Halloween treat from me to you!
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
Why I would quit theming today.
I 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.
TwisterMc Themes and Firefox 3 – Vote for your favorite.
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?
HalloFF Rises From The Dead
Yes, it’s been a while, but HalloFF has arrived for Firefox 2.
I was presently surprised this morning to see that HalloFF has been approved and made live on the Mozilla Addon’s site. I hadn’t gotten notification so I’m not sure when it went live. None the less, HalloFF fans rejoice!
HalloFF is my MidnightFox mod that brings Jack Skellington into the mix. It features blacks, oranges and a bit of green. Originally created just for Halloween, but some users want to have it all year around.
Enjoy!! 
Month of the Firefox Themes
Well it’s March and I’ve got some great news, this is the Month of Firefox themes from TwisterMc, aka me!
Not only do I have an all new theme to offer but just about everyone will get some sort of an update. Some long overdue, some just minor things.
I’ve been working on a brand new theme for a few weeks now if not longer. It’s not completed, but it’s in a good spot. So a release should be coming up sometime in March.
