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Aero Fox XL
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This theme has the smaller buttons to minimize toolbar height. If you like the larger buttons of the original Aero Fox, I have released Aero Fox XL which you can install here.
Aero Fox is designed with style in mind for those who love the look of Windows Vista Aero theme. Based on user feedback, the tabs have been redesigned to better fit in with the overall look and feel of the theme while making the inactive tabs easier to read and the active tab clearly stand out. I have also returned the darker drop down menus along with skinned Options, Customize, and Extensions windows. Aero Fox 3.5 is also more compatible with popular extensions such as Fission, AIOS, Colorful Tabs, Feed Sidebar, Web Mail, FoxyTunes, etc. Users of Colorful Tabs should also install Tab Mix Plus in order to customized the font colors.
All of my themes will now be Mac and Windows (as well as Linux) compatible so everyone will be able to use them regardless of which OS you are operating. I built my themes on top of the default theme for each system so it displays properly no matter which OS you are running. Previous version had issues on Mac since it was built on the PC version of the default theme.
To enable me to spend the time needed to develop my themes and keep them free to you, I partnered with Ask.com. When you install this theme, you will have the option to set Ask Chrome Search Extension as the default search engine in the browser search window. By using Ask for your searches, you will help subsidize the cost needed to develop, create, and maintain my themes as I continue to improve and expand my collection. Installing Ask.com as the default search does not prevent you from using other search engines later on nor does it affect any of your browser settings apart from the default search setting.
All my themes and the Ask Chrome Search Extension are certified and guaranteed spyware free.
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gostei muito de skins do mozilla firefox
Dear Sirs,
Congratulations for “Aero Fox 3.5
How can I make it that the field for the bookmarks is also dark ??
(Linux-User)
Thank you very much from
HANS in Austria
Hi,
today i have downloaded the new version of my aero fox for mozilla, the upload popped up when i open mozilla, a theme that i like and i use usually.
But the bad surprise following the application of the new release was the black menu when i press the right button.
I have serious difficulties to read the new black menu.
I have searched to disinstall, but i cannot return to my old release.
Can you send me the old release with white sheet when pressing right button ?
Thank for your assistence
Matteo Peri
uazzo@virgilio.it
Love this theme! can you update it so that the dictionary add on is black as well?
What dictionary add-on are you taking about? I will install it and see what needs to be done if you give me the link to the listing.
i love this theme but when i try to use firefox 3.5 it just doesnt look the same especially the fact that i keep folders at top of toolbar and they dont all show up on 3.5 cant wait till this problem is resolved so i can get 3.5
Could you send me a screenshot of the problem you are having. It helps me get a better idea of what I need to fix. Thanks.
Wooow what a great theme respect to the creator !!!
grasias muy bueno
I love this theme, but in the 3.5 version, I feel that the buttons are really small and the blue in the tabs does not look very good. Is there any way I can get the older version to work in FF 3.5.
Thanks
You can get a version with the bigger buttons here http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=1253
As for the new tabs, the blue active tab makes it easier to identify and the black inactive tabs with the white text makes them easier to read so I am going to stick with that design. I didn’t like the look of the old tabs. They didn’t fit as nicely with the overall look of the theme.
Hey,
Thanks for replying. Is there anyway I can make the older version compatible for Firefox 3.5? I know that it worked before. (I had to uninstall FF 3.5 cuz of some error). I used the older version perfectly fine on FF 3.5 before but now when I tried to install it, it says it is not compatible.
I like to older version of the tabs and the older theme in general.
Any help would be appreciated.
Great Theme as always.
The only trouble I have with the FF3.5 version is that the theme only covers the first row of tabs. If you use something like Tabmix plus and have multiple rows of tabs, every row after the first one goes back to the default color scheme.
This was not a problem in the previous version.
I have a fix for that, I will release an update soon.
Sry Brett….but the link for version with bigger buttons not work
This is the best theme to me! great job!
i was using firefox 3.0 cause i prefer the larger buttons, i discovered you have made a version for ff 3.5 with larger buttons i updated here(job) and when i tried to do it at home theres no more larger buttons theme! =p
can you realese for us again?
thnxxx
I had it available but somehow the install page for the Aero Fox XL theme has been deleted. I have put it back up here http://www.virtusdesigns.net/?page_id=1441
Thanks a lot your job is really wonderful, i like it.
Bye
thnkss again Brett! ^~
Merry Christimas!
Very nice Theme! But, please make the buttons bigger!
Hey thanks a lot for this great great theme. I do have one quip though. I have had it installed on my 23 inch monitor for a while and the buttons are really small. I saw that you have Aero Fox XL but am afraid to install it. The reason is the Blue Highlighted Tab or whatever you call it. I have Aero Fox installed in Firefox and up to date and the tab is black. I am typing this from another computer running Linux and I see that you changed the design to blue. Is there an about:config hack to change it back to black or can you set it as an option? A response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Nice theme, but i founded a little visual bug: the favicon of the sites in bookmarks bar are smaller than the default theme.
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Hello,
very beautiful theme but i’ve some problems with it.
first:
when I enter in ->tools->options
there is a lot of text I can’t read
second:
when I select text in the Url bar the background color stay white, it’s difficult to know if test is selected or not, the txt color is not sufficient for that.
however, thanks for this great theme and please.
PS: please excuse my bad english.
It’s a great theme. I love it, but there is something I prefer in the older versions. Is there a chance I can find a release with a bit older version of the tabs: oval edges and without the blue color… I suggest you made some “retro” releases, which look like the older releases, but are compatible with the new versions of Firefox. Thanks.
I liked the previous version of Aero Fox. With the bigger buttons and the curved edges on the top of tabs. The new one is O.K. too but I just liked the other one better. How do you make these anyway? I would like to try making some myself.
[...] is also highly customizable. I surf the ‘Net using the Aero Fox Theme. Give it a shot and see. by Kavon W. Nikrad @ 4:44 pm. Filed under Announcements [Comments [...]
Great Theme!!!!!!
too bad don´t work wir fox 3.6
please fix it
Thanks
fux
It does work for 3.6. I just released an update that should install automatically or you can install it from here
Hello!
Thank you for making this theme!
Since I got Firefox 3.5 that I’ve been getting blind with all the whiteness all around the window, but I can finally be in peace now…
The only slight problem is…
Wtf happened to the buttons, fonts, and tabs? They’re so tiny!
Can you put them in the original size? Please…
Thank you in advance,
Chinoman10.
PS: I’m sure my opinion is the same as for much people since I’ve read a shitload of comments about this new theme.
I did make the buttons smaller to save space. I have Aero Fox XL available that uses the larger buttons for those who don’t like the smaller ones. As for the tabs, they aren’t any smaller than previous versions.
I love the theme. I have been keeping up with the updates, but the most recent one has been causing serious issues with my browser (lag time opening firefox, issues buffering videos, loading webpages, loading menus). I hope this will be fixed soon because i do love this theme so much
Hallo,
Great Theme, I really love the look and feel.
With the new update everything is Areo black I really like that, however there are still to parts of Firefox that aren’t black.
1. The search bar if you hit Ctrl+f
2. The Download Statusbar(Link). That is an add-on for Firefox that i really like. If you download something a little WHITE bar will pop-up and stay there unless you remove al the downloads form the bar. That means that only that little bar is white while vista and Firefox is black.
It isn’t a really big issue but i thought i let you know anyway.
Grtz
Maarten Bolhuis
What happend to the font? Its too big.
It seems you used something like [b] to make it look better. But please make the it like it was before
Hello!
I use aero fox from many time and i love it.
Many thanks!
Today I’ve updated to v3.6.2 but text in all menu appears not white but a little green, and give problems for eyes. Is it my problem or is aero fox, cause with firefox default skin is all normal.
Thanks and sorry for my english.
THX Brett
best theme ever
FUX
I am not sure why anything would appear green. Could you send a screenshot?
Thanks for the heads up, it is impossible to test my themes with every single extension so I rely on people like you to let me know if there are issues with certain extensions. I will definitely match the search bar and install the Download Statusbar to get that skinned properly as well. Look for those on the next update. I plan on getting that out soon. Thanks again.
Thank you, you fixed the problem with the big font.
Thank you very much!
Best FireFox- theme again! =D
hi Brett,
this is the screenshot:
http://yfrog.com/hqappunti02p
Thanks for support!
Excellent theme! I looked through many dark themes and I like this one most of all. Well done!
I see that you have fixed the issues with the search bar and the download status bar. Thank you for the quick fix now the theme is absolutely perfect !!
I’m glad everything is working right. It seemed like every update I released had some other small issue that popped up. Thanks for the feedback and support.
No Brett, thank you so much for your job!
I love Aerofox, is the best
Black Firefox Theme! I use it from many time!
and many thanks for solve problem with bookmarks.
See the screenshot:
http://yfrog.com/59appunti01tp
with update 3.6.3 text is now perfect.
I love your theme, and have been using it for so many years that i can’t remember when i started. You are an artist, when it comes to Firefox. 5 stars given, and 5 stars more then earned.
But now, after Thunderbird went 3,0, i can no longer have the theme on both, so i was wondering if your planning to update Aero Thunderbird?
Hello and thanks for a wonderful theme. I use it over 2 years on all my computers and just moved to FF 3.5
Using 3.5 XL, I have icons of the same size as in 3.6.1 and can’t see the difference. What am I doing wrong?
And btw, why ain’t these new themes published in FF add-ons official page?
Thank you.
And yet 2 little bug reports regarding colors in the theme
1. in a search bar (right to address line), the selected text has a same color as a usual text. It makes the 1st thought that text selection in this bar doesn’t work at all
2. in THIS comments page, when typing a “capture” in a lowest window, the hint list of previously typed words is slowing down (as in all same windows). But selected line in that list has both foreground and background colors white.
I personally think that Aerofox XL is the best theme now because the font and the buttons are easier to read, especially on resolutions like 1280×1024 on bigger screens. The standart version looks tiny with these settings. And the latest Aerofox is a bit darker (the Ctrl+F bar, the Add-ons window is all dark and the old had white background) so its harder to see some things because the lack of contrast.
And one thing left, I have some bugs in the version I use (Aero Fox XL 3.5). When I go to the Tools -> Options menu I have no text in some windows. I’ll send you screenshots.
http://demannu.hit.bg/Screens/Screen1.JPG
http://demannu.hit.bg/Screens/Screen2.JPG
http://demannu.hit.bg/Screens/Screen3.JPG
Thanks in advance.
I have been waiting for Firefox to approve all of my themes on their AMO page. I uploaded them in mid-December and they haven’t reviewed them yet. I just uploaded a new version of Aero XL on their site. I will do an update as well for those who have already installed it through my website.
I have a new version of Aero XL that I will release today. That should fix the major issues.
Hey man,
I’ve been using Aero Fox for a while now but the new black background for the bookmarks etc. is just really pissing me off right now. I’ve tried to use the “Previous version of Aero Fox” but it’s not working. Please help me out here bro.
Thanks in advance
L.
Try uninstalling the latest version then reinstalling using the link at the bottom of the page. You probably want to use version 3.5
I’ve also been using Aerofox for a long time and love it, but really don’t like these black menu pull-downs–extremely hard on the eyes. I tried uninstalling this new version and reinstalling 3.5 but am still getting completely black menus and RRS feeds…maybe I had an even earlier version of Aerofox before, not sure. But I may have to switch to something else as I really don’t can’t read these white on black menus.
You can install version 3.0.2 at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/6070
tried that…tells me I can’t install it because its not compatible with my Firefox (3.5.7). Oh well, maybe I’ll try Aerofox Silver, although I really love the original, I just can’t read these menus!
Just installed the latest update when Firefox started, and now I’m being bugged to install Ask.com as my default search engine, and got “Virtus Ask Search Plugin” as an extension, which I promptly uninstalled.
Why should a theme be installing extensions, or bugging me abut anything?
I wouldn’t consider it “bugging”. I simply stated that Ask.com is now included with my themes and asked you if you would like to install it to support the development of my themes. If you do not want to support the development of my themes by using Ask, you can click cancel or uninstall it as you did.
I do not find anything unreasonable about asking users to support me by installing a free search engine plugin with a free theme. Mozilla does this very thing by installing a free search engine plugin (Google) with their free Firefox browser. I have done everything possible to give users the ability to choose and have made it very easy to implement, reject, or uninstall.
I uninstalled your stuff completely, but I’m still bugged by the Ask.com popup anytime I start Firefox. How can I get rid of this ‘very annoying’ popup ?
Thanks in advance.
If you clicked cancel on the opt-in window then it uninstalls after you restart. My theme is completely independent of the search plugin extension.
[...] is also highly customizable. I surf the ‘Net using the Aero Fox Theme. Give it a shot and [...]
[...] is also highly customizable. I surf the ‘Net using the Aero Fox Theme. Give it a shot and [...]
Theme is brilliant….
But just updated to the new version (XL version, but same problem with normal version) from version 3.0.2, and am having an issue
The arrows on the yahoo toolbar for drop down menus have become pretty huge, and its a bit annoying, if yu cud help me out please wud be really helpful.
How it looks now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47554804@N07/4360350133/
How it should, and did look before hand:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47554804@N07/4361091816/
I don’t think I have ever tested the yahoo button. That should be an easy fix. I will work on that and get an update for it ASAP. Thanks for the screenshots
i use aerofox 3.2 with firefox 3.0.18 and it looks so good i tried force installing aero3.2 with firefox 3.6 using nightly tester tool but it didnt look as good wish aerofox 3.2 could be made compatible with 3.6 or be remade as a knew theme something like aeofox old school aerofox 3.6 to me just doesnt look as good to me because the letters arent as pronounced and when i put files on top of the tool bar not all my files show up
es mi tema favorito, lo utilizo desde hace mucho y acepto cada
actualizacion
muy bueno!!!!!!
[...] is also highly customizable. I surf the ‘Net using the Aero Fox Theme. Give it a shot and [...]
Love your theme! Have tried a few others but keep coming back to Aero Fox. I have what I consider a minimal problem. When going to Tools – Options the panel that displays the options is mostly blank as if the background color and the print is the same color. The clickable buttons are visible but not the text. Switching to another theme cures the problem. Thanks, Brian Aero Fox 3.5 FireFox 3.6
3.6.0 was the best so far. Lots of bugs even in 3..60: Scroll bars and buttons don’t look right if they get too big, sliders (like those in Grab and Drag preferences) have a half-black background to the buttons, and in 3.6.1 and 3.6.2, the blue “current tab” looks hideous. Sticking with 3.6.0 until I can find a decent “Aero Black” theme to replace it.
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Great theme!
Too bad Aero Fox XL doesnt work on Firefox 3.6…
Is there any way you could make it work?
I really like it!