Firefox 3.6x vs Firefox 9?

[Allan]

There are a couple of themes I tried to install but they downloaded as .jar files instead. Does anyone know how to "install" them so they show as available themes in the add-on window? Thanks.

[evilfantasy]

Never heard of that but after playing around you can try this.

Open the add-on manager > Appearance > click the little gear and choose Install Add-on From File...

Be sure to restart FF once it's installed.

[patio]

There are a couple of themes I tried to install but they downloaded as .jar files instead. Does anyone know how to "install" them so they show as available themes in the add-on window? Thanks.

Tools/Addons/Themes...clik Install at the bottom...
An Explorer type window opens looking/asking for the location of the .jars...

[evilfantasy]

It's different with the new versions Patio. The Add-on manager opens in a tab.

[patio]

EF you guys just wanna force me into it huh ? ?......

 

[evilfantasy]

One or two minor tweaks and you will hardly notice the change.

[patio]

You can be very convincing you know....

[evilfantasy]

That's what she said...

[Allan]

Thanks EF & patio

patio - after a few tweaks I'm happy with it. Go ahead and do it, you'll be fine. That theme ST mentioned makes a huge difference, as does the compatibility reporter.

[kpac]

Why not use Personas?

[Allan]

I'm big on plain. Don't like all that fancy stuff.

[Salmon Trout]

Why not use Personas?

Themes change the appearance of Firefox. A Persona is a special type of theme that changes the look of your browser without changing the navigation buttons, toolbars, and menus. I got the impression that Allan wanted to preserve the layout and look of Firefox 3.x buttons, menus etc after migrating to the post-Firefox 4 generation. As far as I can see from a quick look, Personas enable you to have a cute flowers, Hello Kitty or Batman or whatever type of adornment without altering the basic browser setup.

[Salmon Trout]

I'm big on plain. Don't like all that fancy stuff.

Cross posted... me too.

[Salmon Trout]

By the way, if you miss having a status bar at the bottom, there is an addon called Status-4-Evar

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/status-4-evar/?src=userprofile

[Allan]

Yeah, I looked at that yesterday thanks. There seem to be some possible appearance issues with FF9. I like having a status bar, but it's not really a big deal either way.