What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

I have always been someone who prefers looks over performance. Don’t get your imagination wild. I am talking about my Laptop :) . I have been playing around with RC 2 of Firefox 3 and have been trying to pimp it up for looks. Firefox 3 with it’s enhanced features like awesome bar and others deserves another post. This post is just about how to beautify your favourite browser.

There are ways to glassify your Firefox 3. Also, you can pimp it up with a Playboy Model or Photo of your kid(s). Following is how my Firefox 3 looks and I’ll take you through a step by step process of achieving the same (may be better depending on your creativity) effect. Click on the image to enlarge it.

I am assuming that you already have RC 2 release of Firefox 3.

Steps:

  1. First, install the extension named AnyColor 0.1.3. This extesnion is in experimental phase and hence you’ll have to login to install it. For this you’ll have to create an account with mozilla.org.
  2. Install the extension called Glasser 1.0.16. This extension is also in experimental phase, so stay logged into your mozilla account.
  3. That’s all you need to install. Now restart your Firefox 3.
  4. In the Tools menu, click Addons. Look for the AnyColor extension and click Options. You’ll see a small pop-up window titled AnyColor Preferences.
  5. In the appearance window in the Header section give the location of your file that you want to see when you open a blank tab and the navigation area. I have used the picture of Holy Vallance. You can also change the footer.

Tip: Use an image which has vibrant colors.

There are various options to play around with in AnyColor extension. Showoff your Firefox, by dropping a link in the comments.

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