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I'm a pretty big fan of the default Firefox 2.0 theme, so I don't often go looking for alternatives. Part of the reason for that is that I've found that although there are a ton of alternative Firefox themes, the vast majority of them are not what you might consider to be attractive. I guess my standards are pretty high. But I have another issue... for what seems like forever I've been looking for a dark Windows theme that actually seems to work (in other words, doesn't make my eyes bleed). When Ryan pointed us to the the Royale Noir theme that Microsoft released as part of the Zune promotion, I finally got part way there. The second step was to switch my Office 2007 theme to the black one from the default light blue - better, better. But aside from Outlook, Word, Excel and the rest of the Office applications that end up open on my desktop all day, there's one other application I use non-stop. Firefox. And it just wasn't fitting in at the emo-goth party that is my desktop these days.
So after a bit of looking, I found MidnightFox, a dark theme for Firefox that doesn't suck. I like many of the decisions theme designer TwisterMc made, but I have to say that I'm not a fan of the gumball-colored navigation buttons; I'd have preferred variations on the standard Firefox 2.0 theme's navigation buttons, but that's just me.
So, if you're looking for a good dark theme for Firefox, check out MidnightFox and let me know what you like (or don't like) about it. And if you know of a better dark skin, don't Bogart it, man - share in the comments!
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Subscribe to commentsStevenJan 16th 2007 1:14PM
"I found MidnightFox, a dark theme for Firefox that doesn't suck."
I couldn't disagree more. That theme sucks, especially the download bar.
I'll stick with iFox Graphite.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1315/
JohnJan 16th 2007 2:06PM
I picked up Royal Noir after reading the post on Download Squad and also went looking for a dark theme for FF. Thanks for posting this article to check out Midnightfox.
I like it. The only problem is with the websites I visit not embracing my dark side. The engadget, download squad and CNN icons in the bookmark tool bar were made with white backgrounds instead of black or translucent. It is not the "fault" of Midnightfox.
I would like to check out the Redshift theme but the author is STILL trying to get it FF 2 compliant.
Josh BozarthJan 16th 2007 1:23PM
I want to know how you changed the color of your office 2007 apps!
AlexJan 16th 2007 1:25PM
I agree with Steven, I found the theme made things hard to read, like idle tabs and the side scroll bar. And so I had to change a bunch of font colours and other options in FF. Not very user friendly right of the bat. I use the zune theme and that makes things dark enough, while not taking up as much memory as blinds or styleXp. Back to iFox metal.
Josh BozarthJan 16th 2007 1:25PM
nevermind, i'm dumb. it's in the options pane on office 2007. I just didn't see it.
DavidJan 16th 2007 1:57PM
My favorite dark Firefox theme is "PitchDark"...when I tried MidnightFox a while back it was pretty buggy...several Firefox functions didn't work properly.Maybe they've fixed those.I'll have another look at it.
semutaJan 16th 2007 9:09PM
BlackJapan is by far the best black/dark theme I've ever seen for FF. Clean, shiny and beautiful. The development has been sketchy in that the latest version isn't at addons.mozilla.org, but there is a version that works fine with FF 2.0, here:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42218431/?qo=1&q=blackjapan&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
Download and then drag into open FF addd-on/theme dialog to install.
ThomasJan 16th 2007 10:27PM
Thanks for the post on MidnightFox. It hasn't been completed but it seems to make quite a few people happy. :)
NaserJan 17th 2007 9:15AM
I agree with the first commenter, Midnightfox does suck, big time. Custom icons are often distorted, borders around favicons appear to be overspilling and there are also some compatibility issue..
As for me, Macfox II is by far the best theme out there, better than any faux MAC themes.http://atunu.blogspot.com/2006/09/cant-stop-falling-in-love.html
Matt WagnerFeb 1st 2007 9:51AM
I just found a new firefox theme based on Windows Media Player 11. I think I found it on DeviantArt, but I can't remember. It's dark and looks amazing. I'm using that theme coupled with Royale Noir and a custom set of dekstop icons and it looks awesome.
kenmanFeb 2nd 2007 7:34PM
These are the best dark XP themes I've found:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10955957/?qo=1&q=by%3Atestyamoeba&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps