We all know that Microsoft's latest OS Windows 8 comes with a new Metro theme. Its minimal and doesn't provide Aero Glass transparency.
We have shared a Windows 8 theme for Windows 7 and Windows XP in past which can be downloaded using following links:
Today in this topic, we are going to share a cool theme for Mozilla Firefox users. This theme will provide Windows 8 style Metro feeling in your web browser. This theme is actually a combination of a few extensions, some css code and customized preferences.
This Windows 8 theme will also provide Ribbon style interface in Firefox. It'll replace the default orange Firefox button with Windows 8 style File menu of Ribbon.
NOTE: This theme works fine in all Firefox channels such as stable, aurora and nightly. It'll work in all Windows versions. It should also work in Linux and Mac.
Following is a preview of the output which you are going to have after applying this Windows 8 skin in Mozilla Firefox:
So without wasting time lets share the theme:
1. This Windows 8 RTM theme has been created by "luxorus" @ DA. First download the theme using following link:
2. After downloading, extract the RAR file using 7-Zip or WinRAR. You'll get 3 folders: EN, FR and CZ.
Actually these 3 folders contain same theme but for different language versions: English, French and Czech.English language users will need to use EN folder.
3. Open EN folder and copy all files and folders inside it.
4. Now you'll need to open Firefox profile folder. If you are not aware of profile folder, check out following article:
5. Once you open Firefox profile folder, paste the copied content. One file prefs.js will already exist in profile folder. This file saves your customized settings. It would be better to create a backup of this file first before replacing it so that you can restore the default file if you don't like the new interface.
6. Now launch Firefox and it'll show a confirmation to install Smart text and Stylish extensions. Enable the checkbox "Allow this installation" and click on "Continue" button. Do this for both extensions and at last restart Firefox.
7. That's it. Ready to get Windows 8 style look-n-feel in Mozilla Firefox web browser.
PS: If you want to uninstall this theme and want to restore default look in future, simply restore default prefs.js file in profile folder, delete stylish.sqlite file from profile folder and delete "smart@text-a.am.xpi" and "{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}.xpi" files from "extensions" folder present in Firefox profile folder.
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