Mar31'08

Major Update to Personas for Firefox

Personas for Firefox is a prototype extension that adds lightweight dynamic theming to the browser.

This version builds upon the previous release and allows developers and designers to submit Personas that are based on Web content, including support for anything that can load in a browser window, including HTML, CSS, PNG, JPG, Javascript, SVG and Canvas.

Personas for Firefox

Major Updates and Features

  • support for dynamic Personas that can change over time and can incorporate rich web content (HTML, SVG, etc.):
  • Where Am I Persona

  • custom persona editor that makes it easier to customize Firefox with your own style:
  • Custom Persona editor

  • styling of additional UI elements like the window titlebar on Mac and the Find toolbar on all platforms:
  • Using accent color on titlebar on Mac

  • various bug fixes and other minor enhancements.

Personas Directory

Coming soon: a new directory of personas to make it easier to contribute and browse them. In the meantime, see this documentation on creating a persona.

Get Personas for Firefox

  • Install Personas v1.0a1 for Firefox 2 or greater, Windows/Mac/Linux
    Warning: This is early prototype software. Use at your own risk.

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