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Tinseltown
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.
Christmas + Firefox = Tinseltown
Do you like Christmas? Do you like Firefox? Then Tinseltown is for you.
Tinseltown (click to enlarge)
Tinsteltown is a Christmas theme for Firefox that turns your browser into a winter wonderland of Christmas fun.
If you’ve already tried Tinsteltown, then check out the update that just came out. It fixes a few bugs and adds support for Firefox 3.6.
For more information on this theme, check out the Tinseltown page.
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.
Tinseltown Is A Part of Mozilla’s First Fashion Your Firefox
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.
Tinseltown Theme gets 50% more snow!
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:
- Right click menus have new snow graphics.
- URL bar auto complete menu has been re-designed with a snowman.
- Back/Forward drop down arrow has a flake behind it.
- Star graphic in URL bar is now prettier.
- Tab hover text color is now easier to see.
- Addon window has snow.
- Download window has snow.
- Preferences window has a selected text color.
Tinseltown For Firefox 3 – Early Release
I’ve had quite a few people wonder where Tinseltown was. In my mind, Christmas is still a little ways away and it’s easiest to build a Christmas theme when you are in the Christmas mood. However, I pulled together an early release of Tinseltown for Firefox 3.
What’s an early release? Well it just means that it’s not completely updated. I didn’t spend to much time theming all the new elements in Firefox 3. I just quickly coded them to match with the theme. There is so much more I want to do, and will do. But for now, the early release will bring back the familiar Tinseltown look and feel for those that want to get int he holiday spirit now.
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?
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.
