Comments on: Firefox 3 theme icons on Windows XP

By: Herbert Rogers

Herbert Rogers — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:23:20 +0000

sure do miss a Refresh icon! wish it was Standard.

By: Kurt Devin Colwell

Kurt Devin Colwell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:14:58 +0000

I agree, and I want those windows icon themes but it cannot let me

By: Manta

Manta — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:39:45 +0000

I agree, they’re just plain ugly. Now I simply install the Qute theme everywhere I install Firefox. It has exactly the effect you describe, makes it not feel like your OS, makes it a little Fisher Price which I also like A LOT.

By: cristobol

cristobol — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:14:03 +0000

I don’t usually post to these groups, but I was really curious what people were saying about the new theme and icons. I have to agree with those who are disappointed. These are really amateur, totally unoriginal, and worst of all, totally inconsistent. I don’t get the back/forward cluster or the unified history … though I’m sure I’ll get used to it. The real problem is just the look … so ugly. So much so, it’s distracting. Again, it is the inconsistency of the theme more than anything that throws me off. The back/forward cluster looks like buttons off a boom box. Fine. Commit! Go all the way! As for people who say it looks Fisher Price, I disagree. I think the old, simple theme looked Fisher Price … AND THAT’S WHY I LIKED IT! At least it was a theme that said, “You are not using your grandma’s browser.” It also said, “This is community supported free-ware, and it rocks so hard it doesn’t need to look like your OS.” What does the new theme say? To me, nothing.

By: carol triefler

carol triefler — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:07:17 +0000

Does Mozilla have a “refresh” like Internet Explorer? If so, how do I get it on my toolbar?

By: Ctown

Ctown — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:22:34 +0000

Here is a perfect theme for KDE 4: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7574
But since it is only a beta download it from here: http://ramonantonio.net/kde-firefox/

I don’t know who the author is, but it is the best Oxygen theme available.

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By: Firefox 3 Beta 5 is here, and reviewed : Mozilla Links

Firefox 3 Beta 5 is here, and reviewed : Mozilla Links — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:33:10 +0000

[...] changes are the theme updates in all platforms. On Windows XP and Vista, a large part of the planned new XP icons has been added to the main toolbar, the Options window, the Download Manager, here and [...]

By: Andrew C

Andrew C — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:03:11 +0000

Great! They have managed to create a cheap and nasty interface that looks WORSE that IE7 to match the ass-backward bookmarking in the Betas. Plugged memory leaks are not enough reason to put up with this rubbish. Opera here I come!

By: Firefox 3 Beta 4 review : Mozilla Links

Firefox 3 Beta 4 review : Mozilla Links — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:47:58 +0000

By: Daniel D.

Daniel D. — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:44:47 +0000

I must say that imho these new icons are plain ugly. Especially the forward/backward icons look cheap. All other icons fit in quite well into Luna, but the navigation icons with that glossy look just don’t fit in.

By: Michael Teo

Michael Teo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:46:24 +0000

I think Firefox 3 for Windows XP should have its icons entirely changed from the XP look to something more glossy, not necessary following Vista.

The plastic look icons look terrible. Seriously. The icons on Aero Fox theme can be used a guide.

By: Filip

Filip — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:49:53 +0000

Yeah, extremely ugly stuff!

By: Steven Roberts

Steven Roberts — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:05:56 +0000

i think that what has been changed is amazing other than the download manager clear up button has been removed i liked the option to be able to clear it but clicking a button as oppose to having to right click to do it.

By: ASTRA

ASTRA — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:12:22 +0000

I am not too excited about those icons. They are too Fisher Price like. Not everybody uses the green fisher price look of standard XP. I would be great if the user could select the base color of the icon set.
The unified forward/backward button looks kind of strange. Maybe one has just got to ge used to it.

By: BurtDensmore

BurtDensmore — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:58:09 +0000

Still waiting for the Firefox O/S and a Instant Messenger to blow the doors of IE IM. I think after a few beers with the boys from Yahoooooooooo. there would be a good mix. The Google Pack is looking better every day. Now if you can just add and include the full meal deal for all of the best of the downloads.com into a a La carte ..And send some of that sunshine up here to us Canucks in the Great White North. BurtD

By: ozie

ozie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:00:16 +0000

why the not put the places of bookmark toolbar same like safari?

can you change the color icons?

can you change the color of background? more gray?

the search bar or the address bar must be different, more like safari?

By: Ajit

Ajit — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:44:14 +0000

looks like some amateur graphic designer did this set of icons. cmon guys you can do better!!!

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:28:22 +0000

While I like the Longhorn idea of the bigger back button, the arrow is ugly. Really, this looks like a fisher price browser. But don’t panic. XP looks like a fisher price OS.

By: Manta

Manta — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:29:47 +0000

I agree with McE re inconsistency, it’s almost impossible to describe how different each icon is from each other. I do still like the back+forward button combo (taking into account my comments above) but I think everything else must go back to the drawing board.

By: McE

McE — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:25:46 +0000

A constructive icon critique (as opposed to just yelling “fail!”)

There’s a noticeable inconsistency in perspective. Most of the icons are full front, but Print, Security and Download are inexplicably rotated in perspective.

The Security and Print icons lack the light outlining that all of the other icons have, making them further stand out as inconsistent.

The Refresh icon lacks the mass of the other icons, also making it feel inconsistent with the rest.

What is the Privacy icon supposed to represent? It looks like an iPod with a hat.

The Bookmarks star in the URL has a much thicker outline than any other icon in the set.

Not nuts about the implementation of the combo forward/back/history button. Seems unnecessarily complex for what was an easily understood UI.

I’m really surprised by this. Iconfactory is generally better at iconography than this would imply. You might just want to stick with the Linux versions which are far more coherent and consistent.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:17:46 +0000

Sorry to say these are really bad. When I saw Iconfactory was responsible i did a double take.

The icons don’t even have a real “family” feel to them. They look like amateur hour xp icons. Compared to the FF2 icons these are much worse.

Really… try again guys. I’m sure you can do much much better than this tired dated stuff.

By: les williams

les williams — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:15:26 +0000

Will google toolbar be available for firefox 3 as I miss the autofill feature

By: A deep look to Firefox 3 Beta 3 : Mozilla Links

A deep look to Firefox 3 Beta 3 : Mozilla Links — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:22:36 +0000

[...] in this beta are the theme updates in all platforms. On Windows XP and Vista, a large part of the planned new XP icons has been added to the main toolbar, the Options window, the Download Manager, here and [...]

By: Hongvu

Hongvu — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:32:57 +0000

I’m loving Firefox because it is very nice and fast.