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How to Chrome out your Firefox
It's called Chromifox, and it's available as an experimental add-on. All "experimental" means is that you have to log into the Firefox add-ons site to download the theme, and you install it at your own risk. I've been testing it for about a week now, and I haven't hit any problems. The only thing Chrome can do, UI-wise, that Chromifox can't, is that cute little effect with the transparency and the tabs on top of the window. Unfortunately, your tabs are stuck in the default position in Firefox.
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smoodin said 6:53PM on 11-03-2008
I recommend to use this with "ChromiGlass", this addon puts the tabs where they're supposed to be.
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Cupcake said 7:15PM on 11-03-2008
Thanks for the tip!
Trent said 7:15PM on 11-03-2008
Does anyone know of an extension that groups your tabs from the same domain like Chrome does? That's the one feature I could actually use.
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Christian Odin Ortiz said 7:22PM on 11-03-2008
Possibly
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4913
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Josh said 9:01PM on 11-03-2008
You can move the tab bar to the top with some chrome.css magic, you know.
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pmc64 said 9:05PM on 11-03-2008
why would you want to make Firefox look hideous?
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El Taco said 12:02AM on 11-04-2008
"It's called Chromifox, and it's available as an experimental add-on."
Only chromifox 2 is an experimantal add-on. Chromifox 1 isn't experimental and it's the 9th most downloaded firefox theme. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8782
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Jay Hathaway said 12:06AM on 11-04-2008
Fair point. The link is actually to Chromifox 2, which I think looks way better.
El Taco said 12:08AM on 11-04-2008
agreed.
Rex said 4:39AM on 11-04-2008
cool! just to inform you that there is one for opera too, and its been out for a while...
its nice, but not too nice, YMMV
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cherubic said 6:24AM on 11-04-2008
Why not try chrome package
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8790
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Jash Sayani said 8:44AM on 11-04-2008
Old news.....
Read about this 2 months ago on Lifehacker.....
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megamisc said 9:30AM on 11-04-2008
Try Chrome Package (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8790).
The Tab is on top of Windows and it looks nearly the same as Google Chrome.
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LethAL said 11:09AM on 11-04-2008
http://userstyles.org/styles/10253
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