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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… 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:
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. Links
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