I figured I'd share my config with you since it allows me to standardise the look of my firefox browser on whatever (*nix or windows) platform I am using at the time.
All you need is one file which you can download from here. Its a plain old css file so there's nothing frightening about what it does or how it works.
Essentially we're going to change the Cascading Style Sheet for firefox, here's how:
In linux:
Navigate to the following directory:
<home>/.mozilla/firefox/<UID>/chrome
Where home and UID are your home directory and user ID directory respectively. Once there make a backup of the existing userChrome.css and copy the new one in place. Restart firefox and you're done.
In Windows:
Navigate to the following directory:
"C:\Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<UID>\chrome"
Your UserName is the name you login with, UID is a unique ID for your profile in firefox, there's usually only one folder unless you maitain multiple profiles for firefox.
If you can't see "Application Data" then open Windows Exploder and go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View. Then enable "Show hidden files and folders".
Once you've navigated to the chrome directory backup the existing userChrome.css file and copy the new one in place. Restart firefox and you're done.
For the brave:
If you think you're hard enough then grab a css tutorial and start working through the css file making changes and observing the results - the file provided is a good starting point so you've no excuses for not having a go if you are interested.
I hope you find this useful - I've found it very nice to standardise the look on multiple distributions. Unfortunately some linux distro's (Kubuntu) suck with their default firefox layout and this allows me make browsing a pleasant and familiar experience whatever I'm using.
Regards
Haven
All you need is one file which you can download from here. Its a plain old css file so there's nothing frightening about what it does or how it works.
Essentially we're going to change the Cascading Style Sheet for firefox, here's how:
In linux:
Navigate to the following directory:
<home>/.mozilla/firefox/<UID>/chrome
Where home and UID are your home directory and user ID directory respectively. Once there make a backup of the existing userChrome.css and copy the new one in place. Restart firefox and you're done.
In Windows:
Navigate to the following directory:
"C:\Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<UID>\chrome"
Your UserName is the name you login with, UID is a unique ID for your profile in firefox, there's usually only one folder unless you maitain multiple profiles for firefox.
If you can't see "Application Data" then open Windows Exploder and go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View. Then enable "Show hidden files and folders".
Once you've navigated to the chrome directory backup the existing userChrome.css file and copy the new one in place. Restart firefox and you're done.
For the brave:
If you think you're hard enough then grab a css tutorial and start working through the css file making changes and observing the results - the file provided is a good starting point so you've no excuses for not having a go if you are interested.
I hope you find this useful - I've found it very nice to standardise the look on multiple distributions. Unfortunately some linux distro's (Kubuntu) suck with their default firefox layout and this allows me make browsing a pleasant and familiar experience whatever I'm using.
Regards
Haven
