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How to make Firefox elegant with rein on Mac OS X

My default browser is Camino on Mac OS X and I'm using my private build.
According to this blog entry the future of Camino is unclear, so I've had a taste of Firefox.

First impressions are important.
  ・ First, it seems to be heavily made up.
  ・ Second, it seems not to be Mac style.

I think that
  ・ simplicity is the essence of appearance desired for all good browsers and
  ・ simplicity leads to elegance.

A brief struggle told me a good solution that makes Firefox elegant with rein: das Monochrom theme for Firefox.
I will mention a way to do so later…



Here are some screenshots of Firefox.

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Memorandum

How to customize Firefox 12

1. Download and install Naoto Kusumi's rein/5.1.7 theme.
2. Modify some files in /extensions/rein@notiz.jp/chrome/rein.jar as below.

1) Step1 - Unpack rein.jar and reduce files unnecessary for Mac
cd /extensions/rein@notiz.jp/chrome
jar xvf rein.jar
rm -r appver browser global mozapps
2) Step2 - Modify files as below:
  1. /mac/browser/browser.css
  2. /mac/browser/tabbrowser/tabbrowser.css
  3. /mac/global/notification.css
  4. /mac/global/progressmeter.css
  5. /mac/global/scrollbars.css
  6. /mac/browser/feeds/feedIcon16.png
  7. /mac/browser/page-livemarks.png
  8. /mac/browser/places/bookmarksToolbar.png
  9. /mac/browser/Secure.png
  10. /mac/browser/Security-broken.png
  11. /mac/global/icons/bookmarklet.png
3) Step3 - Repack rein.jar
cd /extensions/rein@notiz.jp/chrome
jar cvfM rein.jar mac
rm -r mac
4) Step4 - Edit /rein@notiz.jp/chrome.manifest

3. Edit /chrome/userChrome.css
4. Search engine's favicon in the search bar is set forth in /searchplugins/*.xml.
    Edit corresponding section of .xml files to replace its favicon by magnifying glass.
5. Download and install Status-4-Evar: add-ons for Firefox.
6. Download and install RSS Icon: add-ons for Firefox.


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