Firefox Friday – Introduction To Themes

2009 May 29

tags: FireFox Friday, Mozilla Firefox, theme, themes, Uploading and downloading, Web browser

by timmy

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Friday is here to welcome another Firefox Friday.

Join us as we take this opportunity to explore another facet of Firefox.

Today I want to introduce you to Firefox Themes. Firefox has something similar to extensions that actually change the look ot the browser. You can browse all kinds of looks and even download and install several of them and switch between them. In this post I would like to walk you through the process of browsing for a theme, downloading it, and ultimately installing and enabling it.

First, hit up mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal and drag your mouse over the “Add-ons” button and click on the “Themes” button on the dropdown list:

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Explore the page a bit and find a theme you’d like to try out:

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When you find the theme you want to try, click on the “add to Firefox” button.

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You may or may not be faced with a few words to read and accept. Once you read them, click the “accept and install” button:

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When given the option, click the “install now” button:

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Then click the “restart Firefox” button:

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Once Firefox restarts, the new theme should be enabled automatically. If you want to change between themes, click Tools, Add-ons, Themes, and enable the one you want:

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All in all, this job is pretty easy and fun. I’m still looking for the theme that tickles my fancy so if you find one that is really cool, let me know and I’ll check it out!