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My ‘Best Free Mac Applications’ List

  • 21 May, 2007

On the Mac, there are some fantastic applications that are completely free. Here is a list of what I believe to be some of the best I’ve found so far. Adium – The all in one, completely customizable instant messaging program. It absolutely rocks! AOL Radio – I love this because I can get nearly […]

Now Twittering & Tumbling

  • 19 May, 2007

I’m now on Twitter and Tumblr and checking them out. I actually signed up for Twitter a long time ago, but never used it. It’s like IM only to a wider audience or so I understand. I don’t really see the point. However, I do have cool Firefox extension that makes Twittering soooo easy. Now […]

Customizing Toolbar Backgrounds

  • 15 May, 2007

There are three main toolbars in Firefox, each that can have a separate background. 1. Navigation Bar 2. Bookmarks Bar 3. Status Bar The main toolbar background graphic is named toolbar-background.png and located in the /global/toolbar/ folder. If you just recreate a new png file, you won’t need to edit any of the CSS code. […]

Custom Firefox Toolbar Buttons

  • 11 May, 2007

This edition of iPox Remix, we are talking about creating custom toolbar buttons. Good buttons can really make a theme so don’t just rush through them. Update: In iPox Remix for Firefox 3, there is one image for all buttons and not really small and large versions of all buttons.  However, the same basic rules […]

Graphics Editing for Firefox Themes

  • 7 May, 2007

In order to create custom buttons and imagery for your Firefox theme, you’ll need some graphics skills and a program. Myself, I use Macromedia Adobe Fireworks CS3. I really like how easy it is to use and how well it mixes vector and bitmap imagery. That’s my choice, but you can choose to use whatever […]

Creating Your Themes’ Identity & Install Files

  • 30 Apr, 2007

Creating your theme’s identity is probability the most important part of creating a Firefox theme. You need to ensure your theme doesn’t conflict with anyone else’s and, of course, give it a cool name. To do this, we’ll need to modify two files inside the iPox Remix Pieces folder; install.rdf and contents.rdf. Each file should […]

Packaging Firefox Themes

  • 27 Apr, 2007

One of the first things you need to understand about Firefox themes is how to package them. It’s really simple, so be prepared to have an easy first step. Firefox themes are just zip files, renamed to jar. So, if you can create a zip file, and rename a file, you’ll be done in no […]

iPox Remix – Modify or Create Your Own Theme

  • 24 Apr, 2007

Announcing iPox Remix. No, it’s not a new theme, it’s the iPox source for you to customize. iPox Remix is not only the files, it is going to also be a set of walkthroughs that help you better understand how to create a Firefox theme. They could be used to modify iPox as you wish, […]

iPox Aqua – It’s all about the blue!

  • 16 Apr, 2007

iPox has spun off a new version with brighter blues and all new buttons. It’s called iPox Aqua and it’s for those that like iPox, but want just a bit more kick out of the theme. Thanks to BitBox for the base buttons that started this re-work and thanks to you all for making iPox […]

Announcing Miint – A Tasty Firefox Theme

  • 9 Apr, 2007

I’m happy to announce Miint, a flat, small, green & gray Firefox theme. Miint was created with two things in mind, the first of which was the color green. Green is a color that I like a lot and one that I hadn’t worked into a theme yet. I also liked the look of Mint […]